Uptime Institute has certified ICICI Banks’ Jaipur data centre facility with Tier III Certification of Design Documents.
ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra with its registered office in Vadodara, Gujarat.
According to the Uptime Institute, the Tier Certification of Design Documents ratifies the functionality and capacity evidenced in the engineering and architectural specifications of your facility design.
Tier Certification of Design Documents is based on a rigorous set of criteria covering mechanical, electrical, structural, and site elements, as defined in Tier Standard: Topology. The experts review the design documents and provide consulting support to guide a final design compliant with the desired Tier rating.
Uptime Institute provides certifications based on how a data centre achieves its stated objectives. Tier I is the lowest and Tier IV is the most advanced. In India, there are a handful of companies operating Tier IV data centres and the majority of them are Tier III and II certified, according to industry watchers. Uptime does not give a break up of how many data centres are certified Tier III and below but said that similar to the software services industry which set itself on a new path of quality with quality-related certifications a few decades back, the data centre industry can embark on a similar higher growth trajectory, by rigorously achieving quality certifications.
India’s DC capacity
India’s data centre industry is expected to double capacity by 2023, on the back of increased digitalisation, rising cloud adoption and ambitious growth plans of operators.
According to JLL’s ‘H1 2021 India Data Centre Market Update’, the acceleration of digitalisation has forced enterprises to scale up their IT infrastructure. As a result of digital upgrades, strong demand for colocation or cloud facilities, across India.
The Indian data centre market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8 per cent over the forecast period 2021 to 2026. The rapid adoption of cloud-based business operations has encouraged businesses to acquire data management capacities to handle huge volumes of data that are being generated. Increased proliferation of online shopping due to the availability of user-friendly interfaces, high-speed internet, and smart devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, is expected to drive the market in the future, a Mordor Intelligence report explained.
