ANSI/TIA-942 Data Center Certification
The ANSI/TIA-942 conformity audit is a thorough, detailed assessment against the standard’s requirements covering over 2,600 criteria across architectural, electrical, mechanical, telecommunications, security, and safety categories. The audit verifies whether your mission-critical infrastructure truly meets your business requirements.
The result is a comprehensive report highlighting any non-conformities. Once these are addressed, a “Conformity Certificate” is issued, and your data center is listed on the official ANSI/TIA-942 website (www.tia-942.org).
Key Advantages & System Highlights
Architectural
Covers outdoor building space allocation transformer yard, generator area, fuel storage, maintenance manholes along with general site plans such as meet-me rooms, staging areas, UPS rooms, computer room floor plans, and seismic zone information.
Electrical System
Includes capacity calculations for the designed IT load, single-line diagrams, grounding system diagrams, power cabling/bus-bar layouts, UPS and ATS panel details, and UPS battery autonomy and generator fuel capacity.
Mechanical
Same scope as Electrical capacity calculations for IT load, single-line and grounding diagrams, power cabling/bus-bar, UPS/ATS panels, and battery autonomy and generator fuel capacity assessments.
Telecommunication
Logical network diagrams and telecom cabling routing, including entrance rooms, MDAs, HDAs, and related components.
Security
Covers security devices and zones guard rooms, boom barriers, perimeter fencing/walls, and surveillance systems.
Safety
Fire suppression systems, early warning smoke detection systems, and related safety measures.
Some of the TIA-942 Data Center Conformity Certification benefits:
- Quality review of the actual construction and workmanship
- Identifies risk factors that could affect availability or lead to system degradation and unplanned outages
- In-depth analysis of every area within scope
- A rated certificate for each category, plus an overall rating aligned with ANSI/TIA-942 backing up your claims with proof
- Competitive edge over non-certified sites
- Shortens sales cycles for co-location providers
- Feeds directly into continuous improvement planning
- Gives management realistic expectations of the data center's true capability
- Helps avoid over-committing to customers
- Proactively prevents risks of unplanned downtime
- Evaluates current power layout and balance, from the PDU down to the rack level
- Assesses cooling infrastructure effectiveness
- Reviews fire suppression and general safety measures
- Evaluates EMF risk exposure for personnel and ICT infrastructure
- Proactively flags potential enhancements and improvements for the customer
- Provides findings that help customers prioritize improvements with the greatest impact
