IO has announced its IO.Anywhere product portfolio has been awarded the industry's first-ever modular data center safety certification by UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the world leader in advancing safety sciences. Achieving UL Listing marks a breakthrough for the modular data center industry as companies are now able to demonstrate product safety to customers with trusted, powerful proof.
The UL certification is based on the new UL 2755 which is the world's first comprehensive safety standard for modular data centers. It covers installation of servers in a modular data center and safety of the data center's power distribution, cooling systems and smoke/fire protection – certifying these components work together as a system ready for deployment. To achieve certification, IO.Anywhere needed to pass a rigorous UL examination process which included preliminary investigations, risk assessment, structural analysis, thermal testing, illumination testing and documentation review.