Our Relationships:
At PowerHouse Data Centre Group, we support and execute on industry best practices. There are many industry standards, associations, and partner organizations to belong to. it is our job to ensure we have the relationships in place to support our clients.
PowerHouse is a member of:
Our Certifications:
Standards and "Best Practice" Organizations we align with:
- Uptime Institute Tier Classification Systems (I, II, III, IV)
- Creation and administration of rigorous "Tier" Standards & Certifications
- ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration. and Air-Conditioning Engineers)
- Specifies green practices and air quality controls
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Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) ANSI/TIA-942/TIA-942A
- Specifies the minimum requirements for telecommunications infrastructure of data centers
- NFPA 75 and 76
- Standards for the fire protection of information technology equipment
- The 7 x 24 Exchange
- the leading knowledge exchange for those who design, build, operate and maintain mission-critical enterprise information infrastructures
- APEGA The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
We work to ensure we are staying abreast of industry trends:
Several groups and organizations are working on environmental standards and/or guidelines for data centers:
- Planning and Design for Green Data Center (CEEDI)
- Gaseous & Particulate Contamination Guidelines for Data Centers (ASHRAE)
- Corrosion Control for Mission Critical Facilities (TB-1200, Purafil)
- Usage Model Roadmap (Open Data Center Alliance)