SYNOPSIS

Uptime Institute’s Tier Classification System for data centers has reached the two-decade mark. Since its creation in the mid-1990s, Tiers has evolved from a shared industry terminology into the global standard for third-party validation of data center critical infrastructure. In that time, the industry has changed, and Tiers has evolved with it, remaining as relevant and important as it was when Uptime Institute first developed and disseminated Tiers. At the same time, Uptime Institute has observed that public understanding of Tiers has been clouded by the many myths and misconceptions that have developed over the years. This situation leads to design mistakes that is not Tier compliant in which fail to pass the Tier Certification of Design Documents. This presentation discusses the common mistakes to avoid when creating Tier compliant design, specifically explaining the design documents portion of a Tier Certification. The next presentation looks at how data center capacity is shifting, and customer/user requirement is changing. Review the growth statistics of Enterprise data centers, Colo/wholesale and Cloud data centers. Understand prefabricated data center systems adoption and edge data center trends as well as the impact of Internet of Things. Also take a look at DCIM market and the trends. Finally, what are the 10 disruptive technologies in Data Centers.


SPEAKERS BIODATA

Mr. Andy Soon is Uptime Institute Technical Consultant, providing consulting on Tier Standard: Topology and the Tier Standard: Operational Sustainability, Management & Operations. This include Tier Gap Analysis (TGA), Tier Certification of Design Documents (TCDD), Tier Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF), Custom Solution Design Review (CSDR) and Data Center Due Diligence Assessment (DCDDA). Andy joined Uptime Institute in 2016, following more than 18 years of experience in aspects of information technology infrastructure systems, critical power systems, HVAC systems, fire protection systems, security systems and monitoring systems. Prior to joining Uptime Institute, Andy was with IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise infrastructure technology services providing advisory and consulting in data center infrastructure domain. Andy holds an Electrical & Electronic Engineering Bachelor's Degree (Honours) from University of Lincoln, United Kingdom and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of South Australia. He is also an active ASHRAE member.

Alex Tay graduated in Electrical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in 1993. In the last 25 years he worked with IBM in different roles, including sales and product management of the data center design and build business. Alex was a member of Singapore government’s Green data Center workgroup, contributing in the launch of Singapore Standards SS564:2010 Green Data Centres – Energy and environmental management Systems. Alex is currently is the director of Asia Pacific Uptime Institute Network Community, responsible to support members of the Uptime Institute in learning and data center strategy.