Uptime Releases New Data Center Sustainability Standard

The Uptime Institute has a new standard for data center owners, operators, and managers, designed to address management behaviors and risks that affect long-term data center uptime. According to this report on The Whir, the new standard aligns an infrastructure’s capabilities as defined by the Tier Classification System with its ongoing management.

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The Uptime Institute has a new standard for data center owners, operators, and managers.

"The Tier Classification System categorizes data centers, assigning them a Tier rating from the lowest level of uptime (I) to the highest (IV). According to The Uptime Institute's announcement last week, the new tier standard, 'Operational Sustainability,' was created in response to data center operators’ needs for an industry standard to minimize operational risk and maximize uptime. The Operational Sustainability Standard, which works in tandem with the Institute’s widely recognized Tier Classification System, is based around the three most influential elements of a data center’s ongoing performance: management and operations, building characteristics, and site location."

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