Cologix Columbus Data Center Earns Prestigious Tier III Certification From Uptime Institute
Certification Solidifies Cologix's Leading Presence as Premium Colocation Solutions Provider in Columbus and Adjacent Markets
DENVER, March 28, 2018/PRNewswire/ -- Cologix™ anetwork and cloud neutral interconnectionanddata centercompany announced that theUptime Instituteawarded the covetedTier III certification of Constructed Facilityto the new COL3 data center inColumbus, Ohio. The160K SQF, 18+MW data center is the largest neutral data center in theColumbus area, offering the most robust network and cloud ecosystem in the region. The Tier III certification is the IT industry's most trusted and adopted global standard for the proper design, build and operation of data centers.
Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility ensures that data centers have been constructed as designed and verifies that it is capable of meeting the defined availability requirements. The Tier III Certification includes:
- The data center design meets the demands determined by the global parameter system and the norms of the Uptime Institute for Simultaneous Maintenance.
- Demonstrated redundant delivery path with ability to isolate power & cooling components and perform planned maintenance without suspending the data center's operations or impacting IT operations.
- Review of mechanical, structural, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, fuel pumps, networking, and more to ensure systems are built to the intended performance capacity, effectiveness, and reliability.
- Live system demonstrations under real-world conditions, validating performance.
"Customers trust us with their business critical infrastructure and we are committed to delivering a connected, stable, secure and scalable data center environment for them," saidGrant van Rooyen, Chief Executive Officer, Cologix. "Part of that process includes designing data centers that pass the Uptime Institute's rigorous criteria for concurrent Maintainability and we are exceptionally proud of our Operations and Construction teams who worked tirelessly to ensure COL3 was certified in order to ensure our Customers have access to the most sophisticated, protected and connected data center inColumbus."
COL3, the largest and most advanced data center in theColumbusregion, is concurrently maintainable, and offers scalable power solutions. Further unique attributes include an EF-4 tornado rating, K-rated perimeter fence and 24x7 guards. The redundancy, scale, security and connectivity enables Cologix to uniquely address growing market demand ranging from individual cabinets to multi-megawatt deployments.
To learn more about the Uptime Institute's tier classification system, visit https://uptimeinstitute.com/tier-certification. To learn more about Cologix's Data Center, visithttp://www.cologix.com/ohio-colocation-columbus-col-3/.
For a tour of the new COL3 facility, please emailsales@cologix.com.
About Cologix Inc.
Cologix provides reliable, secure, scalable data center and interconnection solutions from 25 prime interconnection locations across 9 strategic North American edge markets. Over 1,600 leading network, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise customers trust Cologix to support their business critical infrastructure and connect them to customers, vendors and partners. Our dedicated, experienced local teams and scalable solutions enable us to provide industry-leading customer service and the ability to successfully support customers at the Internet's new edge. For a tour of one of our data centers in Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Minneapolis, Montreal, New Jersey, Toronto or Vancouver visitwww.cologix.com or emailsales@cologix.com. Follow Cologix onLinkedIn andTwitter.
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