TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword 3

Data Centers – The core nerve center

for your digital journey 4

Data Center Certifications and their need 6

Popular Data Center Tier rating

certification providers 7

Understanding Uptime Institute Tier

Certification (UTI) 7

Uptime Institute Tier Standards 9

Understanding Telecommunications
Industry Association – TIA-942 Certification 11

Types of ANSI/TIA-942 Certification 12

Snapshot - Uptime Institute and

TIA-942 12

TIA-942 and Uptime Institute -

the difference 13

Why Uptime Institute rating matters and

should you make the move to Tier IV
data center? 13

A look at Asia’s largest and World’s

Second-largest Uptime Institute Tier IV
designed Data Center – what sets it apart? 15
FOREWORD

Data Centers are the nervous system of platforms and online learning/schooling
the digital economy. All businesses, large are giving impetus to data centers.
or small, rely on data centers for their
operations. Data Centers have come a long This whitepaper aims to guide you on
way; today, they are not just a brick-and- various types of data center Tier ratings,
mortar building housing IT equipment. Data how the performance of data center
Centers store, analyse, deliver, protect and is measured, what to look in for while
compute your data/workloads. selecting the colocation provider, and what
are Tier levels and Institutes that rate data
The data center or the colocation provider centers.
you select is as equally important as
the hardware you choose to run your This whitepaper also highlights the
applications on. You will not want to host concepts of MTDCs or Data Colocation
or run your apps on hardware that is providers and lastly, gives insight into
obsolete or offers sub-par performance. Asia’s largest and World’s second-largest
Similarly, to meet the growing demands Uptime Institute Certified Tier IV data
of business, you do not want to be stuck center.
with a colocation provider of yesteryear.
Happy Reading!
There are various other essential factors
that you should look in to. With 5G
knocking our doors, cloud computing and
remote collaborative working becoming
the new norm, making the right choice of Sunil Gupta
a data center is more important than ever.
With companies turning to cloud-based
solutions for their remote workforce,
big-time content consumption via OTT

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DATA CENTERS – THE CORE NERVE CENTER
FOR YOUR DIGITAL JOURNEY
IT infrastructure plays an important role to managing their IT, in-house. Data Centers
ensure business continuity. Amidst crisis, are the first step for businesses who are
we have seen how Data Centers have starting their digital transformation journey.
ensured cloud services, remote connectivity The need for always available and scalable
and data accessibility to enterprises IT infrastructure is crucial for businesses to
and customers. Most organisations are function. As the reliance on technology has
now adopting cloud and are looking to increased, one has to select a data center
focus on their core services instead of provider with utmost evaluation.

GROWING ADOPTION OF MULTI-TENANT

DATA CENTERS
You would have come across the terms, Enterprises are continuing to shift from the
Multi-Tenant Data Center (MTDC) or captive or self-built data center to third party
Third-Party colocation providers quite colocation providers. Reasoning the need to
often. As the name suggests, multi-tenant move to the cloud as one of the most critical
means where your servers, IT equipment IT strategies, enterprises are leveraging
reside with other enterprises, sharing the colocation services to ramp up their cloud
real-estate of the data center provider. journey. At the same time, Hyperscalers and
Besides, a multi-tenant data center Cloud Service Providers are looking to lease
offers enterprises with multiple internet custom build MTDC facilities that provide
connectivity options and has significantly them long term scalability without having
lower power cost as compared to a captive to invest heavily upfront.
data center. As per 451 Research, Asia-
Pacific leads with the fastest leased
data center market growth of 9% from
2016-2022.

COLOCATION TYPES AT A MTDC

Rack space:
Dedicated Racks of various sizes like
42U/45U/48U/52U are available along with
Unit (1U, 2U and more).
Server rack cage:
Need additional security and compliance?
Ask for server rack cage that is completely
customised and configured as per your
requirement.
Dedicated server hall/suite:
Data centers also provide exclusive suites
or rooms to house your servers and IT
equipment.

Dedicated server floor space:

With a dedicated floor space, get full
customisation and control on security,
cabling, and power.

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HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER PARKS
Hyperscale means enormous scalability. expand at the same site, thus offering them
Everything about hyperscale data centers longevity in terms of their IT investments
is virtually unlimited. Space, Power, and can scale up and down as per their
Connectivity, and Availability are the crucial need. Hyperscale data center operators
factors that are found aplenty at hyperscale have better resources and provide multiple
data centers. Hyperscale data center parks, and massive bandwidth to support cloud
instead of a data center building have service providers, who generally look for
multiple buildings on the same campus. high-volume data transfers and storage.
This makes it easy for businesses to

AERIAL VIEW OF YOTTA DATA CENTER PARK AT NAVI MUMBAI

ADVANTAGES OF MTDCs OVER ON-PREMISE

CAPTIVE DCs
Scalability & Agility - an integrated liberty to scale-up or scale-down as
and cost-effective IT infrastructure, per your requirement. For instance,
scalability as per your needs and if you have unutilised racks, in an
agility to adapt to new requirements MTDC, you can surrender those to the
or technology upgrade. provider without incurring additional
expense. On the other hand, if you
Faster Go to Market - As compared need to expand, you can lease more
to a captive data center, with MTDCs, space from the provider.
you can migrate as and when needed.
This provides faster go-to-market for Security & Reliability - The lifeline
your business. of any business – data, needs to be
secured and accessible to ensure
Cost-Effective - Even operating a business continuity. An MTDC invests
server rack on-premises is a costly in multi-layer of security and protects
affair. Imagine this where you have the server racks from unauthorised
multiple racks. A captive data center access, both physical and virtual. For
eats up a lot of upfront investments; cyberthreats, MTDCs have a better
at the same time, it does not offer the capability and protection than as

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 a business you would invest in to network connectivity options. With a
keep your data secure. Additionally, captive data center, you need to use
to meet compliance standards and the available service provider, hence
certifications, data center operators you do not get options. However,
have an extensive, layered structure. since MTDCs offer major telecom and
Even if the intruder manages to network operators, you can select the
breach one-layer, other layers may best as per your requirement or even
prevent the compromise of the entire go with the one you already use.
system or alarm the management of
the breach. High Availability - MTDCs are
generally designed with resiliency and
Power - The most critical factor of redundant IT architecture. Businesses
a data center. MTDCs generally get cannot afford any downtime and due
uninterrupted power. For backup, to the redundant fail-safe architecture,
MTDCs have generator sets on site. MTDCs offer high availability of power
However, as a customer, you should and cooling for IT equipment.
be asking the MTDC about the
capacity of power they can provide Shared Resources - As one of the
at the site? Do they have power sub- tenants along with many others, you
station on their campus? Do they benefit from the shared resources.
have the ability to operate the site For instance, security, power, network
without interruption for days on the connectivity, real estate, and many
backup power? Are UPSes redundant other factors that otherwise are costly
and more? to maintain in a captive data center,
are affordable with an MTDC.
Connectivity - Network connectivity
needs are as unique as us. Generally,
MTDCs offer multiple telecoms and

DATA CENTER CERTIFICATIONS AND

THEIR NEED
Businesses today rely on the data center pre-determined list of standards laid by the
and its supplementing services. Hence, certification agencies/institutes.
it becomes imperative to have the best
data center to host and manage your For data centers or colocation providers,
critical infrastructure. Your data center these certifications help them to design
or colocation provider needs to assure and operate their facilities in line with the
you of their guaranteed performance. The best practices globally.
SLA should provide the uptime of your
server racks and IT equipment. In case of a
disaster or crisis, is the colocation provider
equipped to ensure business continuity?
Hence, data centers are rated as per
their Tier levels via different types of
certifications. These Tier levels determine
the performance and uptime guarantee
level of data centers. They also provide you
with an overview that a data center meets a

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POPULAR DATA CENTER TIER RATING
CERTIFICATION PROVIDERS
When looking at colocation providers, you are time-consuming and involve a lot of
often come across Tier ratings. Colocation capital expenditure. Hence, most of the
facilities or data centers need to be colocation providers skip the certification
accredited with performance certification process or settle with the one that they
by experts who specialise in this. However, can certify via some third-party agencies/
with too many accreditations and vendors.
guidelines, it becomes difficult and
confusing to select the best. The most
popular Tier rating providers are Uptime
Institute (UTI) and Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA).

These Tier certifications are also dependent

on other factors, like where the data center
is located. Although there are advantages
to go in for a Tier rating certification,
however, on the flip side, these certifications

UNDERSTANDING UPTIME INSTITUTE TIER

CERTIFICATION (UTI)
Uptime Institute is the most common prevailing standards which only conform
name for Data Center Tier certification. to the compliance of data center against
They specialise in the certification of data a prescriptive checklist of components,
center design, construction, and operation. but do not certify the data center for its
They even offer specialised training for performance and continuity of operations.
data center service providers. The Uptime Uptime Institute certifies data centers via
Institute Tier certifications are widely its Tier classification that ranges from Tier
recognised and accepted by customers and I to Tier IV, from being more stringent and
data centers, alike. Uptime Institute has fault tolerant. These Tier Standards are an
awarded over 1600 Tier Certifications in unbiased set of infrastructure and operating
over 100 countries and trained thousands criteria which are certified by Uptime
of professionals with their Accredited Tier Institute’s panel of officers, unlike any third-
Training programs. party consultants.

Uptime Institute Tier Certification for

data centers is the de-facto gold-standard
worldwide for evaluating the quality of
mission-critical data centers. It is the only
certification in the world which is outcome-
based, assesses and certifies Data Centers
on performance and continuity of
Operations, as against some other

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The Tier classifications describe the site- to satisfy the distinctive Tier requirements.
level infrastructure topology required Compliance with the requirements of
to sustain data center operations, not each Tier is measured by outcome-based
the characteristics of individual systems confirmation tests and operational impacts.
or subsystems. The Tier Standard is This method of measurement differs from a
predicated on the fact that data  centers prescriptive design approach or a checklist
are dependent upon the successful and of required equipment.
integrated operation of several separate
site infrastructure subsystems, the number The purpose of this standard is to
of which is dependent upon the individual equip design professionals, data center
technologies like power generation, cooling, operators, and non-technical managers
uninterrupted power sources selected to with an objective and effective means for
sustain  the operation. Every subsystem identifying the anticipated performance
and system integrated into the data center of different data center site infrastructure
site infrastructure must be consistently
 design topologies.
deployed with the same uptime objective

WHAT MAKES UPTIME INSTITUTE TIER

CERTIFICATION UNIQUE?
Performance-based: Flexible:
Uptime Institute defines its Tier Despite compliances and processes,
Standards on performance. It rates one has the freedom to adhere to
the data center on factors like local rules and regulations of the
availability, redundancy, and fault. state/country while achieving their
Tier certification goal.
Technology agnostic:
Uptime Institute’s Tier classification Lifecycle:
does not rely on a single or particular Starting with the right design with
technology. The end focus is the the Tier Standard in the Design
performance and operational result. Document phase and continuing
One can achieve the end-result via with the Constructed Facility and
innovative and smart engineering, Operational Sustainability phases,
rather than following a linear the Tier Standard covers the
process. complete lifecycle of a facility.

Vendor agnostic: Certification:

Colocation providers or facility Uptime Institute administers and
builders can use any preferred monitors its standards via a team
brands or hardware or IT equipment. of experts. The Tier Certification
Uptime Institute does not endorse prescribed by them is not just a
or recommend a brand. textbook process to follow, instead
it is goal and performance-based.

(Source: https://uptimeinstitute.com/tier-certification)

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UPTIME INSTITUTE TIER CERTIFICATION TYPES
Tier Certification of design documents. Uptime Institute
Data Center Design validates the performance of the facility
Documents – Before with live demonstrations of critical systems
constructing the facility, under real-world conditions. This helps the
the design of the data colocation provider to focus on identifying
center must meet the and addressing construction issues before
end performance goal. commencing the facility operations.
The design documents
of the data center are submitted to the Within two years, the facility should go in
Uptime Institute, which contains answers for Tier Certification of Constructed Data
to the questions about a ll primary Center Facility. The awarded validity of
infrastructure. It also requires the colocation the certificate can be checked at Uptime
provider to provide the topological Institute’s website.
architecture of IT and networks. This
certification covers mechanical, structural, For instance, Yotta NM1, which was awarded the
Tier IV certification for design, can be verified here -
electrical, and other site elements. These https://uptimeinstitute.com/uptime-institute-
are reviewed by Uptime Institute, wherein awards/list/datacenter/yotta-nm1-/1257
they provide consulting support to the
colocation provider for a final design
compliant with the Tier rating. The Tier Tier Certification of
Certification of Design Documents is valid Data Center Operational
for two years from the date of issue. Sustainability – This
certification asseses the
Tier-Certified facility
Tier Certification of management and its
Constructed Data operation practices.
Center Facility – This Any compromise on
certification validates reliability and performance are highlighted
that the data center has so that colocation providers can focus on
been constructed as per achieving the best operational practices
the approved design and to attain the full potential of installed
basis the Tier-Certified infrastructure.

UPTIME INSTITUTE TIER STANDARDS

Tier I: Basic Site Infrastructure – A Tier to protect IT functions from extended
I basic data center has non-redundant power outages. These data centers have
capacity components, and a single, non- 12 hours of on-site fuel storage for on-site
redundant distribution path serving the power production. As the site is susceptible
critical environment. Tier I infrastructure to disruption from both planned and
includes a dedicated space for IT systems, unplanned activities, the infrastructure
a UPS to filter power spikes, sags, and must be completely shut down on an annual
momentary outages, dedicated cooling basis to perform necessary preventive
equipment, and on-site power production maintenance and repair work safely.

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 Uptime Institute Tier Rating System

Tier IV: Fully Fault Tolerant & Redundant

Tier III: Fault Tolerant, Multiple power sources

Tier II: Redundant Infrastructure

Tier I: Dedicated Infrastructure, Lacks

Redundancies, Cheaper

Tier II: Redundant Site Infrastructure the critical environment that does not meet
Capacity Components – A Tier II data this requirement. These data centers have 12
center has redundant capacity components hours of on-site fuel storage for ‘N’ capacity.
and a single, non-redundant distribution As the site is susceptible to disruption from
path serving the critical environment. both planned and unplanned activities,
The redundant components are extra on- planned site infrastructure maintenance
site power production, UPS modules, and can be performed by using the redundant
energy storage, chillers, heat rejection capacity components and distribution
equipment, pumps, cooling units, and fuel paths to safely work on the remaining
tanks. These data centers have 12 hours equipment.
of on-site fuel storage for ‘N’ capacity. As
the site is susceptible to disruption from Tier IV: Fault Tolerant Site Infrastructure –
both planned and unplanned activities, A Tier IV data center has multiple,
the infrastructure must be completely independent, physically isolated systems
shut down on an annual basis to perform that provide redundant capacity
necessary preventive maintenance and components and multiple, independent,
repair work safely. diverse, active distribution paths
simultaneously serving the critical
Tier III: Concurrently Maintainable Site environment. The redundant capacity
Infrastructure – A Tier III data center has components and diverse distribution paths
redundant capacity components and shall be configured such that ‘N’ capacity
multiple independent distribution paths is providing power and cooling to the
serving the critical environment. For the critical environment after any infrastructure
electrical power backbone and mechanical failure. All IT equipment is dual powered
distribution path, only one distribution path with a Fault tolerant power design internal
is required to serve the critical environment to the unit and installed properly to be
at any time. All IT equipment is dual compatible with the topology of the site’s
powered and installed correctly to be architecture. The site is not susceptible to
compatible with the topology of the site’s disruption from a single unplanned event
architecture. Transfer devices, such as point- and any planned work activities.
of-use switches, must be incorporated for

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UNDERSTANDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION - TIA-942 CERTIFICATION
Another popular certification provider – architecture (facility location, safety
Telecommunications Industry Association’s and security, fire suppression) electrical,
- TIA-942 certification was developed by mechanical and telecommunication
the American National Standards Institute systems. Unlike the Uptime Institute
(ANSI) in 2005. It lays out the guidelines for which acts a certifying body, TIA-942
planning and building telecom infrastructure certifications are validated by qualified
like data centers. The ANSI/TIA-942 external auditors and authorised
standard provides an inclusive understanding organisations. The requirements are
of data center design to plan the facility, organised in four rating classifications,
network, and the cabling system. It also termed as Rated 1, Rated 2, Rated 3 and
covers physical data center that includes Rated 4.

Rated Rated Rated Rated

4 3 2 1
• Fault Tolerant; • Concurrently • Redundant • Single capacity
Redundant Maintainable Capacity components
with Redundant Components • Non-Redundant
• Concurrent
capacity • Single distribution path
maintainability
components Non-Redundant
with 1 fault
anywhere in • Multiple distribution path
the installation independent
without causing distribution paths
downtime

TIA-942 Rated Level

TIA-942 ratings have been arrived out of Institute, however from 2014, TIA-942
Uptime Institute standards; hence, both, started using the term ‘Rated’ to separate
Uptime Institute Tier IV rating and TIA-942 itself from the Uptime Institute’s Tier
Rated 4 appear to be identical. TIA-942 also rating system.
used Tier level indications like the Uptime

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TYPES OF ANSI/TIA-942 CERTIFICATION
ANSI/TIA-942 Design Certification: of year-1 and year-2, the data center should
This status indicates that the design undergo a surveillance audit. By the end of
documents of the data center under scope year-3, the data center has to undergo a re-
have been reviewed for conformity to certification audit to keep its certification
the design criteria of the ANSI/TIA-942 valid.
standard for the respective Rating level.
The ANSI/TIA-942 design certification is ANSI/TIA-942 Ready:
valid for one year, extendable if a site is not This status indicates that a product,
operational yet. typically a modular data center such as pre-
fabricated data center or a container based
ANSI/TIA-942 Facilities Certification: data center product has been designed
This status indicates that the data center in accordance to the requirements of the
facility under scope has been physically ANSI/TIA-942 standard for the respective
inspected for conformity to the design Rating level. This certification will ensure
criteria of the ANSI/TIA-942 standard for that once the modular data center solution
the respective Rating level. This physical has been placed in the appropriate
inspection covers both an assessment of environment that it will meet the indicated
all related design documents as well as a Rating level. The ANSI/TIA-942 Ready
physical on-site inspection for each area Certification is valid for one year with yearly
under the scope of the ANSI/TIA-942 re-certification.
standard. The ANSI/TIA-942 Facilities (Source: https://tiaonline.org/products-and-services/
Certification is valid for 3 years. By the end tia942certification/tia-942-certifications-ratings/)

SNAPSHOT - UPTIME INSTITUTE AND TIA-942

DESCRIPTION UPTIME INSTITUTE TIA-942

Tier-I Basic Capacity Rated 1 Basic

Tier-II Redundant Components Rated 2 Redundant Components
Tier Classification
Tier-III Concurrently Maintainable Rated 3 Concurrently Maintainable
Tier-IV Fault Tolerant Rated 4 Fault Tolerant
Measured on Performance and Based on Reference Guides and
Rating Method
Operation impacts check-lists

Electrical, Mechanical, and

Telecommunications, Electrical,
Ancillary (engine generator, fuel
Covers Architectural, and Mechanical
system, make-up water system,
(TEAM)
building automation system)
Design - Conforms to the design
criteria of ANSI/TIA-942
• Tier Certification Design Facilities - The facility and related
Documents (TCDD) design documents have been
• Tier Certification Constructed physically onsite inspected
Types of Certification
Facility (TCCF) Ready - Typically a modular data
• Tier Certification Operational center, has been designed in
Sustainability (TCOS) accordance to ANSI/TIA-942
Source - TIA942.org

Certification Agency/Institute Uptime Authorised third-party agency by TIA

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TIA-942 AND UPTIME INSTITUTE - THE DIFFERENCE
The debate between Uptime Institute and
TIA-942 ratings have been ongoing since
ages. At the surface, both the Uptime
Institute and TIA-942 Tier ratings seem
similar. However, there are differences in
terms of usage of equipment, for instance,
Uptime Institute requires the use of
continuously rated or data center rated
generators. At the same time, TIA-942
permits the use of standby or replacement
rated generators. In terms of cooling,
which plays a vital role in a data center,
Uptime Institute requires that the data
centers cooling capacities should be able
to handle extreme conditions based on
the data center location. At the same time,
the TIA-942 standard is not as stringent
in this department. As mentioned earlier,
unlike Uptime Institute that evaluates and
certifies the facility themselves, TIA-942
certifications are provided by third-party
auditors authorised by TIA.

WHY UPTIME INSTITUTE RATING MATTERS AND

SHOULD YOU MAKE THE MOVE TO TIER IV DATA
CENTER?
According to Ponemon Study, the average Tier IV data center and how it can impact
cost of unplanned data center outage is your business. For instance, a Tier I data
$9000 per minute; this figure has increased center can have a downtime of average
considerably as you read this. With cloud 28.8 hours per year, that is more than a
dependency, smartphone usage, online day lost, which can translate to a loss of
shopping and remote working becoming millions for a business. A Tier II data center
the new norm, businesses cannot take has a downtime of average 22 hours
chances with their IT infrastructure facilities per year which is also considerably more.
for business continuity. Uptime Institute The most common data centers that are
rates the data center as per its availability found are Tier III, they have average 1.6
to serve the critical requirements of its hours of downtime per year, in comparison
customer, that is, the uptime of the data to Tier IV data centers that have just
center amidst disruptions such as almost 100% of uptime and have only
power outage, natural calamity, average 26.3 minutes of downtime per
IT equipment failure, fire and annum for purposes of optimising
more. While all Tiers by Uptime Institute operations and due to the fault tolerant
offer more than 99% of uptime, you will be and redundant design, these data centers
surprised to see the real-world difference do not impact customers hosted there.
of all Tiers, that is Tier I to Tier III against a

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It is business as usual for years and years, as like IT workforce employed by the Data
the 26.3 minutes downtime is average and Center, Financial health of the provider,
therefore in actual conditions there may not scalable operation, geographical presence,
be any downtime for consecutive years. adhering to compliances and more needs
to be considered. The cherry on the cake
Uptime Institute certified Tier IV designed is also when the Tier IV data center is a
data centers ensure efficiency. With better hyper-scale facility. This ensures you can
temperature control and consistency, your scale vertically or horizontally as per your
IT hardware like servers tend to benefit business needs. To lure customers, many
with extended life, and above all, there are Data Centers or colocation providers
no downtimes for you. One of the common market themselves as Tier Rated 4 or Tier
myths that many people have is that co- compliant. This generally is done to take
locating at Tier IV data centers is costlier advantage of customers novice knowledge
than a Tier III data center. Data center like about data center tier ratings. When
Yotta NM1, which is a part of the Yotta Data in doubt, ask the provider to produce
Center Park is an Uptime Institute Tier IV their certification foil. Most importantly,
designed data center that offers colocation remember you will be using the data center
that is at par with Tier III data center cost and its services for the long term, at least
and with quality and reliability of Tier IV. a minimum of 36-months to 60-months.
Also, not every Tier IV data centers are Hence, go with a colocation provider that
same. The operational side is as important as is accredited with Tier IV certification,
the design. Most of the time, infrastructure this ensures you guaranteed uptime and
failure occurs because of people and not stamps the reliability.
because of equipment. Hence, other factors

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A LOOK AT ASIA’S LARGEST AND
WORLD’S SECOND-LARGEST UPTIME
INSTITUTE TIER IV DESIGNED DATA
CENTER – WHAT SETS IT APART?
Various technical features differentiate Yotta NM1 Data Center with the other data centers,
which may be non-certified or self-certified or certified by third parties (and not by the
certification body itself) or rated against any different standards are enumerated below:

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 Concurrently Maintainable

Uptime Institute Tier IV certification builds on the top of Tier III certification criteria of
Concurrent maintainability, wherein all the MEP equipment are required to be deployed in
minimum N+1 redundant configuration, so that any maintenance activity can be carried out
on any single equipment without causing any downtime to any IT load within the data center.
Likewise, all the power and chilled-water distribution paths are required to be deployed in
N+N redundant configuration, to ensure any planned or unplanned maintenance activity
on such paths. To meet these equirements, the design of Yotta NM1 includes redundancies
at every single level as per the following:

N+N CONFIGURATION N+1 CONFIGURATION

Incoming HT, Utility Feeders, UPSes, Air-cooled Chillers, Centrifugal in-line

PDUs, UPSes for Pumps and PAHUs, Fuel Pumps, Precision Air Handling Units
Pumps and distribution piping in N+N (PAHU), Distribution Transformers in
(1W+1S) configuration, BMS with PLCs N+2 configuration. Generators in N+2
for monitoring working in active/inactive
configuration and Dual-path of feed
mode, Additional PLCs for control
of electrical power and chilled water
functions
supply to each load

Fault-Tolerant

To comply with Uptime Institute Tier-IV certification requirements, this is the main additional
requirement above and beyond Tier-III certification criteria, wherein any sudden fault in the
power and cooling systems, should result in the automatic transfer of the entire IT and
cooling loads to the standby equipment, through redundant distribution path, without any
downtime to any Server Racks. Such faults include many things including, for example, any
leakage (small or big) in the chilled water pipelines, apart from the failure of power and
cooling equipment. Accordingly, any such incidence of leakage in the piping should be
automatically detected, isolated, arrested and contained. To meet these requirements, the
design of Yotta NM1 includes the following:
• Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) between the working and standby Transformers/DG
sets
• Automatic Source Changeover Switches (ASCS) between Transformers & Generators
• Dual feeds to all the Server Racks
• Dual-Coil PAHU machines
• Automatic motorised valves in piping to ensure immediate isolation of leaking spot
• Water Leak Detection cable tracing entire piping in multiple zones
• Dual feeds of fuel to each Day Tank of generators
• Fuel Leak Detection cable tracing entire fuel piping
• Dual Redundant PLCs in the BMS for sensing the leakages and controlling the valves

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 Fire Compartmentalization

This is yet another additional requirement to comply with Tier-IV, wherein any event of a fire
in any part of the data center should not result in any downtime to any of the Server Racks
and full power, and cooling load must continue to work for minimum one hour, while the fire
is still raging. To meet this requirement, the design of NM1 includes the following:
• Fire separation of working and standby equipment of power, cooling and BMS
• Fire separation of two active/active distribution path of power, cooling and BMS
• Use of fire-rated components in the distribution path of power, cooling and BMS

Consequential Effects of Fire Protection

Even after meeting the fire compartmentalisation criteria, any consequential damage
caused to fire-rated elements/equipment located nearby, from a heavy spray of water due
to activation of fire protection systems such as sprinklers, also needs to be taken care of,
to comply with Tier-IV. Such incidents in any part of the data center should not result in
any downtime to the Server Racks, and full IT load and cooling load must continue to work.
To meet this requirement, the design of NM1 includes the following:
• Concurrent Ingress Protection (IP) Rating and Fire Rating of Bus-ducts
• Concurrent Ingress Protection (IP) Rating and Fire Rating of all control cables

NOVEC BASED FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM

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 Protection Against Mechanical Impact

The design must comply with this requirement in such a way that any accidental mechanical
impact anywhere in the data center should not result in damage to both the working and
standby equipment or redundant distribution paths and full IT power and full cooling
continue to remain functional without any downtime to any server racks. An example
could be movement of some heavy machinery for maintenance/replacement, tripping-over
accidentally and damaging both the working and standby pipelines or bus-ducts enroute.
To meet this requirement, the design of NM1 includes the following:
• Physical isolation or adequate separation between the working and standby equipment
• Provision of additional physical barrier, in the absence of such separation

UPS FAILURE ANNUNCIATION SYSTEM

ROBUST DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR

GROWING DIGITAL INDIA NEEDS
Yotta NM1 has set a benchmark in the India Besides colocation, Yotta also offers a
data center industry. Offering scalable complete range of enterprise IT services
Uptime Institute certified Tier IV facility at including High Performance Computing,
reasonable pricing, enterprises can benefit Desktop-as-a-Service, Graphics Workstation
of guaranteed uptime. With the data boom as-a-Service, and enterprise cloud services
and connected world, Yotta NM1 offers that support innovative technologies like
Enterprises the benefit from direct savings AI/ML and IoT on a pay-as-you-use model,
through lower power costs, lower rack costs among many others.
and exceptional quality.

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