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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 4

2. The EN 50600 – the very beginning 5

3. The EN 50600 – ongoing development 6

4. EN 50600 – who is addressed? 8

5. Compliance to the EN 50600 10

5.1 Business Risk Analysis 10

5.2 Classification System 11

5.2.1 Availability Classes 11

5.2.2 Protection Classes 12

5.2.3 Granularity Levels 13

6. EN 50600-2-2 Example 14

7. Evaluation and Certification 19

8. Criteria Catalog TSI.EN50600 20

9. EN 50600 goes ISO 22

10. About TÜViT 23

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1. Introduction

This whitepaper is focused on providing an over-

view of the European standard for data centers
EN 50600 and how a data center operator can
reach a conformity to the standard.

You often read in the news about massive invest-

ments that are made into the data center indus-
try. Although the data center industry has gained
more awareness among the public, many people
are still unaware that data centers have become
greatly integrated indirectly into their life: Every
touch of the screen of a mobile or pressing a
key at a computer keyboard results in an action
somewhere in a piece of IT equipment in a data
center. While it is important to raise awareness
on how important data centers are, it is also the
mission of the data center industry not to create
negative headlines, by what end-user might ex-
perience when something goes wrong.

Data centers are expected to provide an un-

interrupted availability of data services to their
customers. While many people just have those
expectations, they only seem to perceive the tip
of the iceberg and not the processes beneath it
that provides what they want. Understanding the
importance of the mission critical infrastructures
also means that measures need to be taken, in
order to ensure the reliability of the IT-infrastruc-
ture – this leads to the European standard
EN 50600.

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2. The EN 50600 –
the very beginning
The first discussions about a European standard
for data centers goes back to even before 2010.
Back then the working groups for networking /
cabling standards such as the EN 50173 and
EN 50174 have introduced the idea of an Europe-
an data center standard.
Resulting from those first discussions, in 2011 an
initiative to develop a guideline for data centers
was presented to CENELEC (short CLC), the
European Committee for Electrotechnical Stan-
dardization. With over 34 members (one member
per country) the CENELEC is an international
standardization body in the European Union.
Figure 1: Excerpt from EN 50600-1, November 2012
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CENELEC recognized the potential for the new
European standard and decided to form an offi-
cial project group. For this initiative, the number
‘50600’ was assigned. From the first ideas to the
first drafts of ‘Part 1: General Concepts’ of the
standard, the EN 50600-1, it took about 1.5 more
years.
Figure 1 shows the initial structure of the EN
50600. The first scope of the data center stan-
dard was an introductory part for general con-
cepts (EN 50600-1) and 6 sections of part 2 for
technical content. The section EN 50600-2-6
of part 2 was later converted into part 3 upon a
decision to further expand the initial scope of the
EN 50600 (see Figure 2 on the next page).
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3. The EN 50600 –
ongoing development

Part 1
General Concepts

Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 99

Datacenter Design DC Operation Efficiency Maturity Best Practices

3-1 4-1 99-1

2-1 5-1
Mgmt & Operational Overview of & general Energy Management
Building Construction Maturity
Information requirements of KPIs Best Practices

4-2 99-2
2-2 3-1 5-x
Power Usage Environmental
Power Distribution Process Requirements (in preparation)
Effectiveness sustainability

99-3
3-2 4-3
2-3 Guidance to the
Renewable Energy
Environmental Control Operation application of EN 50600
Factor
series

2-4 3-3 4-6

Telecommunication
Management Energy Reuse Factor
Cabling Infrastructure XXX
Resilience KPIs for DC
Infrastructures
2-5 4-7
Security Systems Cooling Efficiency Ratio

Figure 2: The expanded scope of EN 50600 today (red = ongoing development)

There is a continuous update and development
on the EN 50600. This results in an expanded
scope. The standard specifies general require-
ments for all kinds of data centers irrespective of
their size and physical construction:
■ it specif ies a cla ssif ication system, ba sed
upon the key criteria of “availabilit y”, “securi-
t y” and “energy ef f iciency” over the planned
lifetime of the data center, for the provision of
ef fective facilities and infra structure, and

■ it describes the general design principles for

■ it describes general a spects of the facilities
data centers upon which the requirements
and infra structures required to suppor t ef fec-
of the EN 50600 series are ba sed including
tive operation of telecommunications within
symbols, labels, coding in drawings, qualit y
data centers,
a ssurance and education.

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50600-1: General Concepts New: 50600 2-10: Earthquake Risk and

Current Version released 2019 Impact Analysis
Business risk analysis Current Version released 2021
Spaces and facilities Availability Class
Availability Overview of seismic risk
Physical security Risk assessment of seismic activity
Energy efficiency Risk reduction
Design of data centers Disaster recovery planning
50600 2-1: Building Construction 50600 3-1: Management and Operational
Current Version released 2014, Update 2021/09 Information
Location Current Version released 2016
Site Operational information and parameters
Outside spaces Acceptance tests
Building Operational processes
Data center spaces Management processes
Construction
50600 4-1: Overview of and General
Fire protection
Requirements for Key Performance Indi-
50600 2-2: Power Supply and Distribution cators
Current Version released 2019 Current Version released 2017
Functional elements and dimensioning
50600 4-2: Power Usage Effectiveness
Availability
Current Version released 2019
Physical security
Energy efficiency 50600 4-3: Renewable Energy Factor
Current Version released 2019
50600 2-3: Environmental Control
Current Version released 2019 50600 4-6: Energy Reuse Factor
Environmental control of data center spaces Current Version released 2020
Availability 50600 4-7: Cooling Efficiency Ratio (CER)
Physical security Current Version released 2020
Energy efficiency
The following 2 standards as part of the overall
50600 2-4: Telecommunications Cabling
scope of the EN 50600 were derived from the EU
Infrastructure
Code of Conduct for Data Centers Best Practices
Current Version released 2015
(TR = technical report)
Cabling within the data center
Availability
CLC/TR 50600-99-1: Recommended
Pathways
Practices for Energy Management
Cabinets and racks
Current Version released 2021
Documentation
Management and operation CLC/TR 50600-99-2: Recommended
Practices for Environmental Sustainability
50600 2-5: Security Systems
Current Version released 2019
Current Version released 2016, Update 2021/09
Physical Security
The above mentioned parts in their original form
Protection Classes (unauthorized access)
Protection Classes (intrusion) have over 350 pages. This makes it rather hard
Protection Classes (fire events) to reach a conformance through the raw version
Protection Classes (environmental events) of the EN 50600, as it leaves also a wide room of
Technical security systems interpretation. In order to mitigate this disadvan-
tage TÜViT developed a criteria catalog as basis
for conformance evaluations according to the
EN 50600 (see also “Evaluation and Certifica-
tion”).

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4. EN 50600 –
who is addressed?

The EN 50600 involves various parties that are

involved in the design, planning, procurement,
integration, installation, operation and mainte-
nance of facilities and infrastructures within data
centers.

In Part 1: ”General Concepts” of the EN 50600,

these parties include:

Management Design & Construction Equipment

2016
 Owner  Consultants  Suppliers of
 Facility management  Architects equipment
 ICT manager  Building designers  Maintanence and
 Project manager  Construction installation companies
 Main contractor companies
 System and
installation designer

Figure 3: Parties addressed by the EN 50600

It should be pointed out that one party in this

listing is not included, which are the auditors
and inspection teams. The reason is that the EN
50600 is designed as a guideline. Therefore, it
does not include an evaluation scheme which is
necessary for neutral, comparable and consistent
assessments.

A lack of an official defined evaluation scheme

causes data center evaluators to come up with
their own interpretation which results in assess-
ments offered in the market to be different and
not comparable.

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5. Compliance to the 5.1 Business Risk Analysis

EN 50600 For any data center to conform to the EN 50600,
an initial business risk analysis according to
clause 5 of the EN 50600-1 shall be completed.

The EN 50600 has a general setup of how a

As mentioned before some requirements are
typical standard is structured. Important to note
placed in the context of this risk analysis. This
about the setup is that it includes a confor-
allows the topics to be applied more universally
mance clause, which defines what a data center
to a wide variety of circumstances. However, this
operator needs to fulfill to reach a conformance.
comes at the price that ultimately the user of the
The EN 50600 generally differentiates between:
standard must first determine the risk in detail in
order to then draw the correct conclusions – the
Recommendations, Requirements,
EN 50600 greatly increases the challenge for
Conditional Requirements
data center designers and consultants.

■ Recommendations: are not mandator y for a

The requirements of the availability of the mission
conformance. They address special a spects
critical infrastructure (electrical and mechanical
which should be taken into account from a
system) and cabling infrastructures and the over-
best practice perspective. They are usually
all availability of the data center are derived from
cla ssif ied with words “should” or “should not ”.
the conclusions of the business risk analysis. If
■ Requirements: have to be fulf illed for a con- the conclusions are misinterpreted, the availabili-
formance. They are usually cla ssif ied with ty will not match the business requirements.
words “shall be” or “shall not ”.

■ Conditional Requirements: are ba sed on the

risk a ssessment, which one needs to per form
when intending to comply with the standard.
Requirements have to be fulf illed if risks are
identif ied. Sometimes the standard demands
risk awareness without def ining in detail ap-
propriate mea sures or requirements.

Figure 4: Source: EN 50600-1, clause 5

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5.2 Classification System The conformance clause demands that first of

The EN 50600 is divided into three classifica-
tions, which address the availability, security and
energy efficiency of a data center infrastructure.
These three classifications play a role in confor-
mance clause of Part 1 of the EN 50600.
all, a business risk analysis has to be conduct-
ed. In correspondence with the risk analysis, an
appropriate availability class shall be selected,
depending on how critical the data center is for
the organization. Different protection classes are
applied and an appropriate energy efficiency en-
ablement level has to be selected.

Availability Classes Protection Classes Granularity Levels

(Availability) (Security) (Energy Efficiency)
2016
 4 different availability  3 different protection  3 different granularity
classes classes levels for the
 Availability classes  Protection classes monitoring and
deal with technical deal with access to measurement of
redundancies the data center or energy efficiency
environmental
factors

Figure 5: The three classifications of the EN 50600

5.2.1 Availability Classes
Four different grades of availability classes are
defined for
■ EN 50600-2-2 (electrical system)
■ EN 50600-2-3 (mechanical system)
■ EN 50600-2-4 (cabling system)
The higher the availability class (AC), the more
component and path redundancy is provided. AC
1-2 are built upon a single path layout, AC 2 with
critical component redundancy, while AC 3-4
have at least a dual path, sometimes a multi path
design, with component and path redundancies.

AC1 AC2
AC2 AC3
AC3 AC4
AC4

Single path layout Single path layout Multi path design Multi path design
with redundancy solution for repair fault tolerant except
during operation during maintenance

Figure 6: The path layouts of the different availability classes

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5.2.2 Protection Classes
The EN 50600 defines three different protec-
tion classes for the areas and supply paths of
data centers. They describe physical protection
against the following events shown in Figure 7
below.
For the protection classes of unauthorized ac-
cess, all areas of the data center are addressed.
The protection classes for the electrical and me-
chanical rooms are defined in part 2-2 and 2-3
of the EN 50600, which specify the rooms to be
assigned to protection class 3.
Depending on your risk analysis, you have ad-
ditionally to implement protective measures
according to a protection class that deal with
internal and external environmental events, such
as listed in Figure 7.

Protection Classes Protection Classes Protection Classes

Unauthorized access internal environmental events external environmental events

2016
 at least three protection  Fire events  EMI
classes must be  EMI  Vibration (incl.
implemented  Vibration Earthquake)
 EN 50600-2-2 and EN  Flooding  Flooding
50600-2-3 define the  Gas  Gas
requirements regarding  Dust  Dust
their spaces

Figure 7: Protection classes of the EN 50600

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5.2.3 Granularity Levels
The granularit y levels def ine to which ex tent the
technical infra structure is monitored and how
the mea surement of the energy consumption is
per formed. The higher your level, the more de-
tailed your mea surements for the facilit y are.
The three levels are listed below in Figure 8, the
illustration of the granularity level for the electri-
cal system see Figure 9.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

2016
A measuring concept A measuring concept
that provides simple, that provides detailed
general information for information for specific
the entire data center. facilities and
infrastructures within
the data center.
A measruing concept
that provides granular
data for the systems
within the areas and
supply paths of the
data center.

Figure 8: Granularity levels of the EN 50600

■ In Level 1 the operator can distinguish on how

much energy is consumed by the facilit y and
how much energy is used by for the IT.
■ In Level 2 the operator needs a more detailed
mea surement energy concept with an in-
depth over view of your distribution systems.
■ In Level 3 the operator ha s to provide mea-
surement for the energy consumption down
to the individual electrical outlet level.

Figure 9: Source: EN 50600 2-2:2019

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6. EN 50600-2-2
Example

In order to get a better understanding of how

the standard deals with the various requirements
and to which detail the specifications are given
a summary is provided for the electrical system
according to EN 50600-2-2:2019 for availability
class 3.

Figure 10: Proper implementation of an electrical system according to the availability class 3

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The minimum 1 requirements and recommenda-

tions for AC3 are summarized in the following
table:

Availability Class AC3

Grid Supply

Grid Connection two options

■ primar y and secondar y 1

■ 2n primar y 2 with redundant additional supplies

A/B Operating active / active

Mode

Conformities power quality complies with EN 50160

Planning /Design ■ reliability of grids is analyzed (basis for the additional supply design)
■ If there are concerns about the reliabilit y of the power supplies, the power
qualit y should be analy zed (e.g. for supplies from low voltage grids)
primar y and secondar y 1

■ local power plant may be used a s primar y power supply, if the reliabilit y of
the public grid is not suf f icient

Additional
Supply

Redundancy ■ n (with primary and secondary supply) 1

■ n+1 (with redundant primar y supply) 2n+1 recommended

Connectivity for if the connection to the grid is realized by primary and secondary supply, facilities
Mobile Supply to allow a connection of a mobile additional supply should be installed (e.g. for
planned maintenance works)

Performance continuous rating specification is based on analysis of the reliability of the primary
Class and secondary supply RA

2n-Separation --

Conformites power quality complies with class 2 of EN 61000-2-2:2002

Fuel Capacity dependent on the estimated refilling time, maintenance times and repair times
RA

Capability for Load two options

Tests ■ prepared connection for load banks
■ capabilit y of additional supply for operating in parallel

1
The summary given does not claim completeness

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Planning / Design ■ uninterruptible power supply for control systems

■ control systems work proper af ter failure of the primar y and secondar y
supply
■ electrical components are not installed below water pipes
■ water pipes inside rooms with electrical components have mea sures against
leakages and are monitored for leakages
■ leakage monitoring systems should allow a localization of leakages
■ leakage monitoring systems should contain sensors, which allow mulitple
detections without being replaced
■ distribution design should be modular and scalable

for Diesel driven generators the following issues shall be considered RA

■ continuous pre-heating
■ monitoring of leakages of the fuel system
■ redundant starter systems
■ redundant system controllers
■ monitoring systems for lubricating oil level
■ need for synchronisation bet ween additional supply and grid supplies

Access Control limited access

Protection ■ installation in protection zone > 3 according to EN 50600-2-5 3

■ monitoring of unauthorized access

■ limited access

Transformers

Redundancy 2n

Conformities ■ dry-type transformers comply with EN 60076-11

■ dr y-t ype transformers should comply with niveau 2 of IEC/ TS 60067-20:2017

Protection separate fire zones 3

Planning / Design ■ measures against fire were taken 4

■ distribution design should be modular and scalable

■ oil-cooled transformers should only be installed, if mea sures against risks of
f ire are taken (e.g. using non-f lammable oil)

Fire Protection separate fire zones for transformer areas with fire resistance > 90 min 5

Ingress Protection ingress protection against rodents and other animals

Access Control limited access

Protection ■ installation in protection zone > 3 according to EN 50600-2-5 3

■ monitoring unauthorized access

■ limited access

2n-Separation seperate fire zones recommended

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Switchboards

Redundancy 2n

A/B Supply Cou- ■ both switches are opened and locked during normal operation
pling (if required) ■ automatic switching only, if risk is minimized
■ provision of detailed switching instructions

A/B Distribution ■ both switches are opened and locked during normal operation
Coupling (if re- ■ manual switching only
quired) ■ provision of detailed switching instructions

Conformities ■ MV switchgears comply with EN 62271-200

■ LV switching devices comply with EN 60947
■ LV switching combinations comply with EN 61439
■ surge protectors comply with EN 62305-4
■ switchboard should comply with categor y LSC2 of EN 62271-200:2012

Access Protection installation in rooms with protection class 3**,

Protection ■ installation in protection zone > 3 according to EN 50600-2-5 3

■ monitoring for unauthorized access

■ limited access

Fire Protection --

2n-Seperation ■ seperate fire zones remmonded

Planning ■ electrical components are not installed below water pipes

■ water pipes inside rooms with electrical components have mea sures against
leakages and are monitored for leakages
■ leakage monitoring systems should allow a localization of leakages
■ leakage monitoring systems should contains sensors, which allow multiple
detections without being replaced
■ distribution design should be modular and scalable
■ maintenance-free design recommended
■ static transfer switches should be avoided

UPS

Redundancy n (only in one path)

Conformities ■ static UPS comply with EN 62040

■ dynamic UPS comply with EN 88528-11
■ if there are no requirements for the power qualit y of the connected load, the
UPS comply with cla ss 1 of EN 61000-2-4:2020 (only)

Surge Protection recommended for inputs and outputs

External Bypass recommended (outside the UPS room recommended)

Batteries ■ separate fire zone recommended

■ batteries should be able to be replaced without UPS interruption

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Protection ■ installation in protection zone >3 according to EN 50600-2-5 3

■ monitoring for unauthorized access

■ limited access

2n-Seperation --

Planning / Design ■ in smaller data centres the UPS may be installed in the vicinit y of IT sub-dis-
tributions
■ electrical components are not installed below water pipes
■ water pipes inside rooms with electrical components have mea sures against
leakages and are monitored for leakages
■ leakage monitoring systems should allow a localization of leakages
■ leakage monitoring systems should contains sensors, which allow multiple
detections without being replaced
■ distribution design should be modular and scalable

Cable Routing

Redundancy 2n

Physical Protection physical protection of redundant cables against simultaneous damage by one
event 3

Outdoor Routing ■ underground recommended 3

■ physical separation recommended

■ recommended distance > 20 m 3

Building Entries seperation recommended 3

Indoor Routing separate fire zones recommended 3

Fire Protection protection against explosions in transformer housings recommended

Protection ■ installation in protection zone > 3 according to EN 50600-2-5 3

■ monitoring for unauthorized access

■ limited access

1
The secondary supply must be independent from the primary supply, e.g. supply from two
different substation or two different step-down-transformers from one substation
2
A grid connection via ring main is considered as a 2n primary supply

3
If under control of the data center premises owner

4
Depending on risk analysis (RA)

5
A later revision of EN 50600-2-1 may lead to a reduction to 60 min.

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7. Evaluation and
Certification The problems for a neutral, independent evalua-
tion are:

■ Risk a ssessment of the operator with regards

to the necessit y of an implementation of a
The EN 50600 has been developed as a technical
mea sure
guideline. It is intended to provide assistance to
■ No clear requirements depending on the de-
all parties directly or indirectly involved in the de-
gree of risk
sign, development and operation of data centers.
■ No evaluation instructions and specif ications
For this purpose, a holistic approach is chosen,
for the scope of an a ssessment
which explains all relevant trades and organiza-
■ No coordination body for the auditors
tional necessities and provides requirements as
well as recommendations.
These problems are accompanied by the fact
that the certificates issued are difficult to com-
Furthermore, the requirements are partly placed
pare. The evaluation market is not regulated
in the context of a risk analysis. This means that
here. The disadvantages can be minimized by
the topics can be applied more universally to
deriving a criteria catalog, as done by TÜViT with
a wide range of circumstances. However, this
"TSI.EN50600". This catalog defines the scope
comes at the price that ultimately the user of the
of testing as well as the requirements extracted
standard must first determine his risk in detail
from the standard and defined in detail. For the
in order to then draw the correct conclusions.
evaluation body and the inspected, the inspec-
The assistance essentially consists of the fact
tion task is therefore clearly agreed upon and
that EN 50600 outlines many considerations and
defined.
names potential risks, but it does not provide any
guidance as to which concrete measures are re-
The catalog also ensures that the certificates
quired under which risks and which requirements
are more comparable, because the TSI.EN50600
are to be fulfilled in the case.
criteria catalog also contains instructions and
interpretations for the evaluation body. The goal
The standard requires the user to perform a busi-
is to achieve a uniform evaluation. Assessments
ness risk analysis (see 5.1), in which he is not only
based solely on the EN 50600 without the criteria
to derive security measures with basic require-
catalog are therefore not recommended.
ments, but also to causally explain the design of
individual measures.

This methodology raises the question of how

conformity confirmations can be made, because
there are no evaluation instructions in accor-
dance with the requirements in ISO/IEC 17007
– after all, the EN 50600 primarily wants to be a
guideline. This is also the reason why the market
requires additional measures for the EN 50600
to serve as a suitable basis for assessment and
certification.

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8. Criteria Catalog
TSI.EN50600

To make the standard EN 50600 assessable, ■ EN50600-1

a much needed evaluation scheme has been ■ EN50600-2-1
adapted to the standard by TÜViT. The result of ■ EN50600-2-2
this is the TSI.EN50600 criteria catalog. ■ EN50600-2-3
■ EN50600-2-4
The relevant parts of the EN 50600 that have ■ EN50600-2-5
been integrated are: ■ EN50600-3-1

Figure 11 shows an excerpt of the criteria cata-

logue for the UPS criterion.

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With the TSI.EN50600 a proper understanding TÜViT provides its assessments & certifications
of how the requirements are intended on being of the EN 50600 based on that criteria catalog.
implemented is provided. With the criteria cata-
log (roughly 40 pages), all relevant requirements The criteria catalog addresses 9 major criteria
are identified and summarized. They have to be aspects:
fulfilled by the DC operator in order to gain a
conformance confirmation.

ENV: Environment ACV: Air Conditioning & Ventilation

CON: Construction ORG: Organization

FIR: Fire Protection & Extinguishing Systems DOC: Documentation

SEC: Security Systems & Organization DDC: Dual Site Data Center

CAB: Cabling EFF: Energy Efficiency

POW: Power Supply PoC: Proof of Concept

Figure 12: Illustration of the criteria aspects covered in the TSI.EN50600

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9. EN 50600 Currently these parts are only available as techni-

goes ISO cal reports (draft versions), while technical com-

mittees in the background are working on the
adaptation, mainly the integration of data center
concepts from North America and Asia.

The EN 50600 may be a European standard;

Persons of the working commitee expect the
however, it also had a global impact. Some years
first parts -1, -3 and -4 of the ISO standard to be
ago the series of the EN 50600 has been chosen
officially released within the next 2 years, other
to become the foundation for the upcoming in-
parts will follow.
ternational data center standard ISO/IEC 22237.
Some parts from the EN 50600 will be developed
into the seven parts of the new ISO/IEC standard:

■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-1 General concepts

■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-2 Building construction
■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-3 Power distribution
■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-4 Environmental control
■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-5 Telecommunication ca-
bling
■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-6 Securit y
■ ISO/IEC TS 22237-7 Management and opera-
tion

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