Tier IV Standards as Specified in the TIA 942 Document S No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Architectural Proximity of visitor parking to data center perimeter building

walls Building Construction Type of construction Fire resistive requirements Exterior bearing walls Interior bearing walls Exterior nonbearing walls Structural frame Interior non-computer rooom partition walls Interior computer room partition walls Shaft enclosures Floors and floor-ceilings Roofs and roof-ceilings Meet requirements of NFPA 75 Building Components Vapor barriers for walls and ceiling of computer room Multiple building entrances with security checkpoints Floor panel construction Understructure Ceilings within computer room areas Ceiling Height Roofing Type of construction Wind uplift resistance Roof Slope Doors and windows F Fire rating

18.3 m / 60 ft minimum separation with physical barriers to prevent vehicles from driving closer Type I or II - FR 4 Hours minimum 2 Hours minimum 4 Hours minimum 2 Hours minimum 1 Hour minimum 2 Hours minimum 2 Hours minimum 2 Hours minimum 2 Hours minimum Yes

Yes Yes All steel or concrete filled bolted stringer

3 m (10 ft) 'minimum (not less than 600 mm/24 in above tallest piece of equipment) double redundant with concrete dec (no mechanically attached systems) FM I-120 minmum 1:24 (1/2 in per foot) minimum Minimum Code requirements (not less than 1 1/2 hour at computer room) Minimum Code requirements and not less than 1.2 m (4 ft) wide into computer, electrical, & mechanical rooms) and not less than 2.13 m (7 ft in) high

28 Door size

29 30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

44 45 46 47

Tier IV Standards as Specified in the TIA 942 Document Single person interlock, portal or other hardware designed to prevent piggybacking or pass back Minimum Code requirements - preferably solid wood with metal frame No exterior windows on perimeter of computer room Yes Construction provides protection against electromagnetic radiation Yes Yes Entry Lobby Physically separate from other areas of data center Yes Fire separation from other areas of data center Minimum code requirements (not less than 2 Hour) Security counter Yes Single person interlock, portal or other hardware designed to prevent piggybacking or pass back Yes Administrative offices Physically separate from other areas of data center Yes Fire separation from other areas of data center Minimum code requirements (not less than 2 hours) Yes Security office Physically separate from other areas of data center Yes Fire separation from other areas of data center Minimum code requirements (not less than 2 hours) 180-degree peepholes on security equipment and monitoring rooms. Yes Harden security equipment and monitoring rooms with 16 mm (5/8 in) plywood (Except where bullet resistance is recommended or required) Recommended Dedicated security room for security equipment and monitoring Recommended Minimum Code requirements Restrooms and break room areas Proximity to computer room and support areas Not immediately adjacent and provided with leak prevention barrier

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

Tier IV Standards as Specified in the TIA 942 Document Fire separation from computer room and support areas Minimum code requirements (not less than 2 hours) Required Exit Corridors fire separation from computer room and support areas Minimum code requirements (not less than 2 hours) Width Minimum Code requirements and not less than 1.5 m (5 ft) clear Yes Shipping and receiving area Physically separate from other areas of data center Yes Fire separation from other areas of data center 2 Hours Physical protection of walls exposed to lifting equipment traffic Yes (steel bollards or similar protection) Number of loading docks 1 per 2500 sq m / 25,000 sq ft of Computer room (2 minimum) Loading docks separate from parking areas Yes (physically separated by fence or wall) Security counter Yes (Physically separated) Generator and fuel storage areas Proximity to computer room and Separate building or exterior weatherproof enclosures with Code required building support areas separation 19 m / 60 ft minimum separation

61 Proximity to publicly accessible areas Security Access Control/Monitoring 62 at: 63 Generators 64 UPS, Telephone & MEP Rooms 65 Fiber Vaults 66 Emergency Exit Doors 67 68 69 70 71 72 Accessible Exterior Windows/opening Secuirty Operations Center Network Operations Center Secuirty Equipment Rooms Doors into Computer Rooms Perimeter building doors

intrusion detection card access card access delay egress per code intrusion detection card access card access card access card or biometric access for ingress and egress card access if entrace Single person interlock, protal or other hardware designed to prevent piggybacking or pass back of access credential, preferably with biometrics.

73 Door from Lobby to Floor 74 Structural

Tier IV Standards as Specified in the TIA 942 Document Sesimic zone - any zone acceptable although it may dictate more costly no restriction 75 support mechanisms Facility Designed to sesimic zone in Sesimic Zone 0, 1, 2, to Zone 3 requirements. In Seismic Zone 3 & 4 to Zone 4 requirements 76 requirements Site Specific Response Spectra 77 Degree of local Sesimic accelerations Importance factor - assists to ensure 78 greater than code design Telecommunications equipment racks/cabinets anchored to base or 79 supported at top and base Deflection limitation on telecommunications equipment within limits acceptable by the electrical 80 attachments Bracing of electrical conduits runs and 81 cable trays Bracing of mechanical system major 82 duct runs Floor loading capacity superimposed 83 live load Floor hanging capacity for ancillary 84 loads suspended from below 85 Grounding 86 Lighting protection system Service entrance grounds and generator grounds fully conform to 87 NEC Lighting fixtures (277v) neutral isolated from service entrance derived from lighting transformer for ground 88 fault isolation Data center grounding infrastructure in 89 computer room 90 MECHANICAL 91 General

with Operation Status after 5% in 100 Year event I=1.5

Fully braced

Yes per code w/ importance per code w/ importance 12 kPa (250 lbf/sq ft) 2.4 kPa (50 lbf/sq ft) Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

Tier IV Standards as Specified in the TIA 942 Document Routing of water or drain piping not associated with the data center Not permitted 92 equipment in data center spaces Positive pressure in computer room and associated spaces relative to outdoors and non-data center spaces Yes Floor drains in computer room for condensate drain water, humidifier flush water, and sprinkler discharge water Yes Mechanical systems on standby generator Yes Water-Cooled System Qty. of AC Units sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of Indoor Terminal Air Conditioning Units electrical power Humidification provided Multiple paths of electrical power to AC equipment. Connected in checkerboard fashion for cooling redundancy Qty. of dry coolers sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of electrical power Qty. of fluid coolers sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of electrical power Qty. of condenser water pumps sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of electrical power Dual path condenser water system

93

94 95 96 97

98 Humidity Control for Computer Room Electrical Service to Mechanical 99 Equipment 100 Heat Rejection 101 Dry-coolers (Where applicable) Closed-Circuit Fluid Coolers (Where 102 applicable) 103 Circulating Pumps 104 Piping System 105 Chilled Water System

Qty. of AC Units sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of 106 Indoor Terminal Air Conditioning Units electrical power 107 Humidity Control for Computer Room Electrical Service to Mechanical 108 Equipment 109 Heat Rejection 110 Chilled Water Piping System 111 Chilled Water Pumps Humidification provided Multiple paths of electrical power to AC equipment. Dual path chilled water system Qty. of chilled water pumps sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of electrical power

112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119

Tier IV Standards as Specified in the TIA 942 Document Qty. of chillers sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of Air-Cooled Chillers electrical power Qty. of chillers sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of Water-Cooled System electrical power Qty. of cooling towers sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of Cooling Towers electrical power Qty. of condenser water pumps sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one Condenser Water Pumps source of electrical power Condenser Water Piping System Dual path condenser water system Air-Cooled System Indoor Terminal Air Conditioning Qty. of AC Units sufficient to maintain critical area during loss of one source of Units/Outdoor Condensers electrical power Electrical Service to Mechanical Equipment Multiple paths of electrical power to AC equipment Humidification provided Control system failure will not interrupt cooling to critical areas Redundant, UPS electrical power to AC equipment

120 Humidity Control for Computer Room 121 HVAC Control System 122 HVAC Control System Power Source to HVAC Control 123 System Plumbing (for water-cooled heat 124 rejection) 125 Dual Sources of Make-up Water Points of Connection to Condenser 126 Water System 127 Fuel Oil System 128 Bulk Storage Tanks 129 Storage Tank Pumps and Piping

Dual sources of water, or one source + on-site storage Two points of connection Multiple storage tanks Multiple pumps, multiple supply pipes