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Sydney (11 May 2020) – DC Heidi and EPI have teamed up to offer ANSI/TIA-942 design, audit and certification services to Australian data centres. Australia is one of four major markets for data centres in Asia Pacific along with Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Cloud providers are the fastest-growing market segment and Australia is attracting both local and international cloud providers. Cloud data provider numbers have increased significantly over the last five to seven years and COVID-19 has fuelled a meteoric movement to cloud storage in the last two months and that need will remain and increase over time.
With the growing presence of international based operators, the need for a benchmark for the complete scope of data centre design and build has become imperative. It is now critical to demonstrate conformance to global standards to raise confidence levels for today’s mission critical data centres in all the vital areas, being electrical, mechanical, telecommunication, architectural, site location, fire safety, and physical security. Local data centre users and customers are also demanding the same of data centre providers with increasing pressure on data security and availability.
The stringent requirements of the ANSI/TIA-942 standard ticks all the boxes. It has the additional advantage of a fully regulated accreditation scheme to protect customers by ensuring the credentials of designers, auditors and audit/certification organisations.
DC Heidi is a project management consultancy company that prides itself on delivering data centre projects to the highest standards. Their in-depth knowledge and experience in data centre design and construction gives their customers an advantage in the market to fulfill the expectations of their growing client base.
EPI has been delivering a wide range of data centre services since 1987, enabling businesses worldwide to design, implement, optimise, test, operate and maintain their mission critical data centre to ensure it meets and exceeds business expectations. EPI is the world’s first, and so-far the only, ANSI/TIA-942 CAB (Conformity Assessment Body) authorised under the official TIA-942 Accreditation Scheme.
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