INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
Khazna data centre awarded
Tier III design certification
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Khazna Data Center, a commercial wholesale data
centre provider, has received recognition from the
Uptime Institute for its expansion project in the UAE.
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hazna Data Center (Khazna), the only
dedicated commercial wholesale
data centre provider in the UAE,
has announced it has received the Tier III
Certification of Design Documents (TCDD)
from the Uptime Institute for its data centres
expansion project in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The award recognises that Khazna meets
the highest standards for infrastructure
functionality and availability and validates
that the system design of the facility is
consistent with Uptime objectives, in line
with international best practice.
Khazna currently has two UAE facilities
in Meydan, Dubai and Masdar City, Abu
Dhabi. Each data centre facility comprises six
independent performance optimised data
centres (PODs).
Based on the latest innovative design, both
facilities are set to deliver 25 megawatts,
allowing customers access to an ecosystem
of wholesale, co-location and multi-tenant
data centre services which are central to
the growth of the digital economy across
the Emirates. In 2018, Uptime Institute experts and
analysts carried out a detailed review of
Khazna’s facility design documentation,
capacity and engineering requirements and
awarded Khazna with the TCDD for PODs
1, 2, and 3 for each facility. After another
rigorous review of Khazna Data Center
campus in January embracing the expansion
project PODs 4, 5 and 6, the certification
now covers PODs 1, 2, 3, as well as 4, 5, 6 for
both facilities, certifying all Khazna’s data
centre PODs on a design level.
Hassan Al Naqbi, Chief Executive Officer at
Khazna, said: “The Tier III Certification of
Design further strengthens our clients’ trust
in our services and is a marker of our quest
for internally-benchmarked excellence.
This achievement is a crucial milestone
in establishing ourselves as a partner of
choice in the wholesale data centre space,
while reinforcing our commitment to
providing first rate and dynamic solutions
to all our partners.” Uptime Institute is a global advisory firm
focusing on the effectiveness and reliability
of vital IT infrastructure for business
corporations and has certified over 1,500
leading data centre facilities worldwide for
design, construction, management and
operations against tier standards. Its aim is
to ensure facilities meet their objectives prior
to operations. The TCDD is awarded to data
centres that successfully achieve the highest
standard of design.
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“Uptime Institute’s Tier Certification of
Design clearly illustrates that Khazna sets
high levels of quality for their data centres,
as well as the way they conduct business.
We are pleased to work with Khazna on
the TCDD award and look forward to
working with them as they move forward to
achieve the natural progression of the Tier
Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF),”
said Mustapha Louni, Managing Director of
Middle East and Africa, Uptime Institute.
Building on this latest milestone, Khazna
aims to achieve the Tier Certification for
Constructed Facilities (TCCF) to further
support customers, partners and the industry
in delivering world-class data centre services
in the Emirates.
With the Government’s economic strategy
and Abu Dhabi’s Ghadan 21 stimulus package
focusing specifically on forging a technology
ecosystem, this critical infrastructure is an
integral part of the digital economy. n
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