Converge ICT Solutions Inc., a fiber broadband and technology provider in the Philippines, said it achieved full Tier III certification from the Uptime Institute for its Caloocan Data Center.
This makes Converge’s Caloocan Data Center the first in the Philippines to receive both design and constructed facility certifications from the global authority.
The Tier III certification for constructed facility has lifetime validity. Uptime Institute created the data center tier classification to become the international standard for data center performance.
It said a Tier III data center is concurrently maintainable with redundant components as a key differentiator, with redundant distribution paths to serve the critical environment. Unlike Tier I and Tier II, these facilities require no shutdowns when equipment needs maintenance or replacement.
The latest certification validates that the state-of-the-art data center in Metro Manila has been constructed and operates according to high-level design requirements, making it the first data center in the Philippines to be fully approved by Uptime Institute as Tier III, both in design and build.
The company’s Caloocan Data Center is a 300-rack, 3-megawatt facility that will soon house the firm’s assets to support its critical business functions.
In February, the infrastructure was awarded a Tier III certification for its design documents which affirms that its blueprint meets the redundancy requirements of a rated-three data center. The hub completed its construction in March and has already been powered up for operational testing.
“With our Caloocan Data Center having been fully certified as Tier III, now both for design and for construction, we are on track to building a digital ecosystem that ensures the highest levels of reliability and security for our network,” said Converge chief executive and co-founder Dennis Anthony Uy.
“This further enhances our infrastructure to support our core assets and services, ultimately enabling us to deliver seamless data delivery to both our residential and enterprise customers nationwide and around the world,” he
Converge said to accommodate the growing demand for content and cloud services, it is in the process of building up its data center footprint, employing a multi-edge strategy, which involves operating multiple smaller data centers across the edge of its network.
It said a more extensive 1,200-rack data center project is also underway in Pampanga. Aside from supporting the firm’s internal operations, the said digital hub is expected to serve enterprise clients across different sectors.
