Romtec Utilities provided this industrial wastewater lift station for Microsoft’s Columbia Data Center in Quincy, Washington. Quincy, Washington is a city just to the east of the Columbia River in the central part of the state and about 160 miles southeast of Seattle.

Sitting on State Route 28 and 291, Quincy is in Grant County. The population in Quincy was 7,543 at the 2020 census. Quincy is about 90 miles north of Richland and 140 miles southwest of Spokane, WA.

The Gorge Amphitheatre is a famous outdoor concert venue next to the Columbia River, providing a scenic background for concertgoers. Quincy is one of the closest cities to the Gorge Amphitheatre at about 17 miles away.

Quincy has various parks and recreational areas including City of Quincy East Park, Quincy Aquatic Center, South Park, Colockum Ridge Golf Course, Idle Hour Eatery & Spirits, Rich Tacos, Andaluz Family Mexican Restaurant, Quincy Valley Museum Park, Quincy Valley Historical Society & Museum, Frenchman Coulee, Ancient Lakes Trails, Jones of Washington, and Wildhorse Campground.

In 2006, Microsoft constructed the first phase of the 470,000 square feet ‘Columbia Data Center’ in Quincy, Washington. Since then, the campus has been continually expanding and improving to handle increased data storage and transfer solutions. Quincy campus offers multiple solutions to ensure highly efficient data module cooling and humidity management. The campus has multiple solutions to meet all cooling needs including:
– Computer Room Air Handling (CRAH) units located in two galleries on opposite sides of each data module allow for highly efficient airflow distribution
– Closed-loop chilled water system with air-side economizers
– Water Utilization Efficiency (WUE) is near zero (liters/kW/hr) with latest cooling design planned for new buildings

Once fully developed, the campus will feature three data centers with 512,500 square feet of space and 70MW of critical IT load. For the C09 Construction Package, this is a Design Build project with CPG as the general contractor and Optima Engineering working on the civil.

Romtec was previously the basis of design on an industrial wastewater lift station installed as part of a 2013 project. Optima reached out to have Romtec Utilities mimic that design as much as possible. This is part of the same campus from the previous Microsoft CO3.1 project that Romtec Utilities provided the system for.

This system serves industrial wastewater from direct evaporative coolers on the campus. There is a two-story deck that unites on both sides and ends up with an industrial wastewater line that comes across and converges at the lift station. The system is pumping to the reclamation spot. Although this is industrial wastewater, there is no difficult water chemistry. The water starts as potable water then runs through direct evaporative cooler resulting in slightly more concentration of various minerals in potable water.

The industrial wastewater lift station features duplex Ebara 10 horsepower pumps, 4” discharge piping, floats as primary level sensing, stainless steel guide rails.

These are fast-paced projects as sight construction had already started, and they needed the system running within a year.

Capstone Structures, LLC installed the industrial wastewater lift station for this project. CPG provides data center design, construction, and operational services.

Capstone is a general contractor based in Quincy, Washington providing excavation services. Optima Engineering is a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology firm.

Romtec Utilities was proud to partner with the various contractors on the industrial wastewater lift station for this Microsoft Data Center in Quincy, Washington.