In such a competitive environment , the data centre market is stratified into tiers devised by the Uptime Institute , taking into account infrastructure performance to cater to different sections of the market . Jeff Uphues , the CEO of US data centre company DC BLOX , told us of the importance of construction to achieving the correct tier . ” Beyond the connectivity , it ’ s a question of how we build these facilities to be Tier 3-rated . It comes down to being concurrently maintainable , meaning that if any one system in the building fails , there is a backup system that can take over . It ’ s part of the design , it ’ s in the materials and the type of vendors that we use . It ’ s in the architecture for how we connect them together .”
Data centres were on an upwards trajectory even before COVID-19 supercharged their necessity . Their construction , therefore , requires a deep consideration of these factors , not only to attract custom , but to prevent them becoming a burden on the planet .
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