Data Centres To Get ‘MOT’ Certificates
International industry body the Data Centre Alliance (DCA) has launched a data centre certification programme. The scheme will use independent auditors to take the risk factor out of the industry and establish confidence in a previously unregulated sector. DCA director Simon Campbell-Whyte said the new “MOT for data centres” [an analogy with the UK's mandatory Ministry of Transport tests which cars must pass in order to drive on the public roads] will put an end to the atmosphere of fear in the business. For decades only the rich or the very technical could afford to audit prospective data centre suppliers, he admitted.
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