Organizations seek reputable and trustworthy accreditations to ensure that their investment in data centers’ is safeguarded, their infrastructures’ capabilities are well defined to meet their business needs, and their data center’s performance is optimized and reliable. Uptime Institute Tier Certification is a worldwide accreditation model, recognized as the Data Centers standard for Design, Construction and Operational Sustainability. The tiering system was implemented in the mid-1990s and is a proven comprehensive and rigor measure that enables multiple levels of performance depending on the business parameters and needs.
While actual certification for Tiered Data Centers is carried out by UPTIME institute, it is advantageous and cost-saving to have a professional team review and facilitate your facility in line with the desired Tier requirements. With over 20 years of experience in the Data Center design, construction and engineering industry and multiple implementations in the Middle East, ICS Arabia offers the most experienced team and ATD certified engineers to consult, design and audit any Tiered Design (TCDD), Facility (TCFF) and Operational Sustainability (TCOS).
The Certification for Design Documents is a critical early stage requirement that ensures the data center is going to provide the level of IT performance, desired ROI, efficiency and reliability with optimal 24/7 availability. Designing a data center entails a massive level of accurate planning, including the servers’ locations, prime and contingency power sources, network routes, cooling equipment, cable management, required safety measures, risk assessment and energy management efficiency and cost management. Following Uptime Institute’s requirements, ICS Arabia engineers provide accurate designs that encompass mechanical, electrical, structural and site elements.
Tier Certification of Constructed Facility authenticates that the facility is constructed according to the Tier certified design and that the entire system grid: structural, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, fuel pumps, networking…etc. is built to the certified design. ICS Arabia provides independent audit services for your data center construction, to identify any possible errors that are likely to happen during construction as multiple vendors and subcontractors are involved in a single data center project. We help our clients to correct any faults prior commissioning and formal certification.
The Tier Certification of Data Center Operational Sustainability is a comprehensive level of assessment that incorporates the following components related to risk assessment and aiming to reduce outage, downtime and overall operational efficacy:
Unlike many contractors, ICS Arabia operates with an in-house team of specialists including Uptime Accredited Tier Designers (ATD), Engineers, BIM architects, Consultants and 3D CAD and Computational Fluid Designers (CFD)
ICS Arabia was the first indigenous KSA company that started to design-build Uptime Institute tier Certified Data Centers in the Kingdom
While the Uptime Tier audit typically covers power and cooling resilience, ICS Arabia audit can cover other critical areas such as Physical and Cybersecurity as well as Network Infrastructure resilience
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