Tier Certification Overview
To design, manage, and operate the critical infrastructure your business depends on, you need the most authoritative, evidence-based, and unbiased guidance.
Uptime Institute has certified over 1000 leading data center facilities worldwide for design, construction, management, and operations against the Tier Standards - serving as our client's trusted partner in ensuring their facilities and operations meet key business objectives.
Uptime Institute has certified over 1000 leading data center facilities worldwide for design, construction, management, and operations against the Tier Standards - serving as our client's trusted partner in ensuring their facilities and operations meet key business objectives.
The value of Uptime Institute’s Tier Certification and M&O Stamp of Approval programs goes beyond what most people realize. Uptime Institute does a great job illustrating that running a well designed, built and operated data center drives efficiency and naturally reduces costs.
Robert D. McClary, Chief Operating Officer, FORTRUST
Tier Certification has proven critical in many of our client’s decisions to move to Green Mountain. We see a shift in the market to require full Tier Certification. We believe the future of quality data center providers will be to certify all their data centers with Uptime Institute.
Petter M. Tømmeraas, CSO, Green Mountain
Tier Certification for Compass has been a very useful thing as we are able to provide our clients with a surety that our facilities are concurrently maintainable from a mission critical perspective.
Chris Crosby, Founder & CEO Compass Datacenters
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Tier Certification of Data Center Design Documents
This Program Includes:
- Assessment of facility performance, capacity and engineering requirements
- Assessment of mechanical & electrical systems as well as architectural and site considerations
- Vendor and contractor-independent third-party review of design documents
Tier Certification of Constructed Data Center Facility
This Program Includes:
- Third-party verification that your facility has been constructed to Tier-Certified design documents
- Live demonstrations of key systems under real-world conditions to validate facility performance
- Focus on identifying and addressing construction issues prior to facility operations commencing
Tier Certification of Data Center Operational Sustainability
This Program Includes:
- Comprehensive assessment of Tier-Certified facility management and operations practices
- Identification of management and operations issues that can compromize reliability and performance
- Emphasis on achieving operational best-practices to attain full potential of installed infrastructure
TIER-Ready for Prefabricated and Modular Data Centers
This Program Includes:
- Pre-validation of the modular data center at the manufacturer level
- Reduction of certification time by 65% due to pre-validation process
- Discounted cost for full Tier Certification of design, facility & operations
