The critical facilities industry relies on industry standards to establish the minimum requirements necessary to design, build, and operate critical sites. Some of these standards get adopted by federal, state, and local governments through legislation as enforceable codes.

Until recently, electrical enclosure manufacturers faced a challenge: In order to build enclosures that were UL 50E Type rated, additional testing and evaluation of the enclosure was almost always required due to the unknown compliance status of components, such as hinges and latches used in these enclosures.

Data center certification programs haven’t kept up with the rapidly changing technology landscape. We outline three challenges your data center might be facing due to an outdated certification program.

UL has been certifying a majority of the equipment used in the data center space including mechanical, electrical and fire protection for the past 30 years.

A roundtable discussion on the mission critical markets of today and a global journey into the future trends that IT decision makers will face.