Belgium has its first TIER IV Data Center . Antwerp DC , one of the Data Centers of Datacenter United , has been officially certified as TIER IV by the UPTIME institute since February . The emergency power installations designed and supplied by Elinex are an essential component
Elinex designs , builds and maintains entire emergency power installations , brand independent , within the Benelux . With more than 35 years of experience , they a partner for many Data Centers . Together with Huawei , Elinex has been providing modular Data Center solutions to its customers since 2014 . This goes beyond just emergency power solutions .
Maintenance while maintaining all redundancies
Jo Van Den Langenbergh , Operational Director DC United clarifies : " Maintenance can be carried out while maintaining all redundancies . In order to be Tier IV certified , the emergency power supply must also be designed to maintain redundancy during maintenance . Elinex created and implemented this design . They also supplied the racks and distributors , consisting of synchronization boards and main distribution . The UPS solution concerns the high efficiency (+ 97 %) modular Huawei 5000 UPS . As a result , expansion in power is easy to realize at any time .”
Single Fault Tolerance
Jo states : " It ' s not just about the data , but also about the building itself . A Single Fault Tolerance applies to everything , including the BMS . Every error must come into the picture , even if that is a problem with the climate system , for example . So we have a double redundancy on everything .”
TIER IV important for specific sectors
Friso Haringsma , Managing Director DC United : " For the majority of customers , TIER III is sufficient , but for heavy e-commerce companies , governments , pharma companies and companies that handle privacy-sensitive data , TIER IV is almost a must . We are pleased with Elinex ' s efforts , which fit seamlessly with the requirements and wishes we had for Antwerp DC . In addition to their expertise that came in very handy in this project , they are of special value because they are ' independant ', just like us . We have a maintenance contract with them based on response time of 4 hours . This not only benefits Datacenter United , but especially our customers ."
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