This standard develops a performance-based methodology for the data center during the design, construction, and commissioning phases to determine the resiliency of the facility with respect to four Tiers or levels of redundancy/reliability. Grade Levels, or “Gs®” are the method of performance classification within the various Application Ecosystem® layers. Gs® range from G4® to G0®, with G4® representing the minimum acceptable level of design, infrastructure, and operational vulnerabilities, such as probability of failure, security. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) prescribes the Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) 002-2014. The Tiers are compared in the table below and can be found. Data center standards encompass data privacy, as exemplified by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) in the United States and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. Always check local laws, regulations and permit requirements and plan data center. Do you want a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) or LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified data centre? Whatever goals you set, they should all be incorporated into the overall budget and planning. And in addition to your own goals and.