Appendix D. Data Center Facilities (TIA-942)

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D.1 Primary Rooms

D.2 Environmental Controls

D.3 Infrastructure Redundancy Summary

This appendix acts as a continuation of the Data Center Technology section from Chapter 5 by describing common parts of data center facilities, in reference to the Telecommunications Industry Association’s TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers. It can be helpful to have an understanding of these details to better appreciate the complexity of data center infrastructure.

D.1. Primary Rooms

Electrical Room

Reserved for electrical equipment and installations, such as power distribution and ...

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