Extend your data centre certification beyond power and cooling to the broader infrastructure requirements covered by ANSI/TIA-942.
The Uptime Institute Tier Topology guideline addresses the electrical and mechanical infrastructure of a data centre. While these areas are critical, today’s business-critical environments also depend on other key infrastructure elements including physical security, network infrastructure, fire safety, architecture and site location.
ANSI/TIA-942 addresses a broader range of data centre infrastructure requirements, including site location, architectural aspects, physical security, fire safety, telecommunications, electrical and mechanical systems.
Organisations with an applicable Uptime Institute Tier certification can enquire about an EPI pathway towards ANSI/TIA-942 conformity certification.
The Uptime Institute Tier Topology only covers Electrical and Mechanical systems, whereas the TIA-942 covers the full data centre facilities (Electrical, Mechanical, Telecommunication, Architectural, Site Location, Fire Safety, Physical Security etc), which is critical for today’s mission critical data centres.
Uptime Institute Tier Topology is a guideline issued by a commercial organisation, whereas TIA-942 is a true Standard issued by an SDO (Standard Development Organisation) accredited by ANSI and applicable globally. This provides great transparency which is important for any data centre owner/operator/end-user.
Uptime Institute Tier certification is self-certification by the Uptime Institute, where Uptime Institute is the only company performing the audits and the auditing process is self-defined instead of abiding by ISO regulations. There is no external accreditation, no external auditing, and the certificates are self-printed without impartial validation and oversight by an AB. ANSI/TIA-942 has strict separation of duties and oversight by an AB as defined within their accredited certification scheme and customers have a choice of accredited auditing organizations which ensures quality control.
Uptime Institute assessments are performed by Uptime Institute consultants only and known to be very high-cost whereas TIA-942 assessments are performed by qualified auditors at very completive rates.
Speak with DCAA about your facility, project stage and the applicable EPI audit or certification service.
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