Any individual or company looking to utilize a data center’s services needs a guaranteed level of quality. There has to be some assurance that their equipment will not fail and that their data will always be available (or that in the worst case scenario, their project will quickly be restored).
When it comes to data centers, the most commonly recognized guarantee is certification. Certification asserts that the center complies with a predetermined list of standards. Although issues of standardization have gained particular interest over the past few years, the number of relevant publications on the topic remains low.
In this article, we’ll be looking at the primary regulatory documents for data center certification.