Server room water
leak detection
Sense-i leak nodes sit where water reaches a server room first: under the raised floor, below the cooling units, along pipe runs. When a probe gets wet, the node raises the alarm at once and RIOD Live calls and messages the people on your list.
THE PROBLEM
Water reaches the floor void long before anyone sees it
Most server room leaks come from the cooling, not the weather. CRAC and in-row units produce condensate, humidifiers have water feeds, chilled water pipes run overhead or under the floor. A blocked condensate drain or a weeping valve can fill a floor void for hours without a sign above the tiles.
Server rooms and comms rooms are also often unattended, especially at night and in branch offices. A leak found on Monday morning can mean failed power distribution, a tripped UPS and a weekend of lost service.
Running a sensing cable through an existing room means lifting tiles around live equipment. Wireless nodes avoid most of that work.
HOW WE SET IT UP
Sensors at the likely leak paths
Placement from the water sources
We trace where water can come from and where it will run: condensate trays, humidifier feeds, chilled water valves, the low point of the floor void, under any pipe that crosses the room. Probes go at those points.
Alert chain tested on day one
During commissioning we wet each probe and check that the alert reaches every person on the list by call, SMS, WhatsApp and email. A leak alarm that nobody receives is worse than none.
A local action if you want it
The node can drive a relay output on detection, for example to close a solenoid valve on the humidifier feed, without waiting for the cloud.
Temperature and humidity as well
The same platform carries Sense-i temperature and humidity nodes, so the room conditions and the leak status sit on one screen.
AT A GLANCE
Server room leak monitoring
- Measured
- Water detection state per probe, time-stamped
- Hardware
- Sense-i water leak nodes, optional temperature and humidity nodes
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz or 4G LTE direct, BLE setup; LoRa or Zigbee on request
- Alerts
- RIOD Live rules: SMS, automated call, WhatsApp, email, push
- Local action
- Relay output can close a valve or signal a BMS on detection
- Engineering note
- Probe placement and the notification list are set up and tested during commissioning
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us
Where should water leak sensors go in a server room?
At the sources and the low points. That means under CRAC and in-row cooling units, at condensate drains and humidifier feeds, under chilled water valves and pipe joints, and at the lowest point of the raised floor void where water collects.
Should a server room leak sensor use the IT network?
Many IT teams prefer to keep facility sensors off the production network. A 4G Sense-i node reports independently of the building network, which also keeps the alert path working if the network itself is affected.
Can a leak sensor shut off the water automatically?
Yes, where a motorised or solenoid valve is fitted on the supply. The node switches its relay output on detection, locally, and RIOD Live sends the alert at the same time.
How do we know the leak sensors still work?
RIOD Live monitors device health and battery level, so a node that stops reporting raises its own alert. We also recommend a wet test of each probe at each maintenance visit.
Protecting a server room or comms room?
Send us the room layout and the cooling setup. We will mark the probe positions and propose the alert chain.