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SPP Pumps Group Unifies Fire Protection and Cooling Expertise to Support UK and Global Data Centre Growth

Phil Black - PII Editor 20/11/2025

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SPP Pumps, together with its subsidiary SyncroFlo, is reinforcing the focus on the fast-growing data centre market by bringing together extensive experience in fire protection systems and cooling technologies.

The combined knowledge base positions the group to service the increasingly complex needs of co-location and hyperscale data centres across the UK and Europe, as well as global operators seeking reliable mission-critical infrastructure.

Merging almost 150 years of SPP's engineering heritage with more than 50 years of SyncroFlo's specialist experience in the manufacture of pre-packaged pump systems, the group can now offer an integrated suite of solutions covering the whole pumping and cooling lifecycle of the modern data centre.

This encompasses fire suppression, liquid cooling, heat recovery, and wider HVAC systems. With hundreds of pumps often required for a single hyperscale facility, this combined capability gives contractors, developers, consultants and OEMs a streamlined route to meeting rising demand across a highly competitive sector.

Tom Salmon, group business development manager for data centres at SPP and SyncroFlo, commented:

“Both organisations have established strong credentials independently, with over 75 data centre projects delivered for the world’s largest operators. We’re now combining our group’s extensive fire suppression, HVAC and cooling capabilities, as proven at countless critical infrastructure reference sites across a wide range of sectors. By bringing together our complementary capabilities from SPP, SyncroFlo, and other companies in our group, we can now offer comprehensive solutions that cover an entire data centre's pumping requirements.”

A Full Suite of Pumping and Cooling Solutions for Modern Data Centres

The enhanced offering from SPP spans a wide range of systems central to efficient and resilient data centre operation, including pump equipment for liquid-cooled servers and AI workloads, cooling towers and chillers, CRAC and CRAH units, water supply and treatment equipment, transformer cooling solutions, heat recovery and transfer systems, and advanced fire suppression packages.

No other manufacturer has as many regulated approvals for fire pump equipment in use around the world as SPP does. Both SPP and SyncroFlo fire pump packages can be supplied to meet NFPA 20 compliance standards, offering the dependability required for facilities now widely classed as critical national infrastructure in many regions.

Alongside core pumping technology, the group offers modular, pre-packaged pump systems designed to meet the needs of each individual data centre, from initial design through to commissioning.

These factory-built systems are designed to help developers and contractors reduce project complexity, cut installation timelines and lower overall cost pressures. The approach also assists with the mitigation of schedule risks-a challenge often associated with large-scale data centre construction programmes.

John Santi, vice president of commercial sales at SyncroFlo, highlighted the importance of efficiency in project planning:

“Design consultants and contractors tell us lead time is critical. They cannot afford schedule delays. Our pre-packaged systems are factory-tested and ready for immediate commissioning. With our project delivery experience and expertise across fire suppression, cooling and heat transfer combined under one roof, we eliminate the coordination headaches of managing multiple suppliers across different disciplines.”

Supporting Sustainability, Efficiency and Critical Infrastructure Demands

Tom Salmon added:

“In many growth markets, data centres are now classified as critical national infrastructure (CNI), and rightly so. These facilities cannot afford downtime, and our experience with critical infrastructure positions us to best serve this market”. He continued: “Today's data centre operators also need to demonstrate strong sustainability credentials. Our high-efficiency designs optimise Power Usage Effectiveness, our heat recovery systems enable carbon reduction targets, and our water treatment solutions can support improvements in Water Usage Effectiveness for regulatory compliance. Whether it's liquid cooling for AI workloads or transformer cooling for power infrastructure, we have the products, track record, and expertise to deliver.”

Meet SPP Pumps at Data Centres Ireland

Visitors can learn more about SPP’s integrated data centre pumping and cooling solutions at Stand 603 during Data Centres Ireland, held at the RDS in Dublin.