Sudlows wins design award for Turkish Customs data centre

The Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Customs and Trade, have been awarded the prestigious Uptime Institute Tier III Certification for the Design Documents for their planned data centre, located in Ankara. Sudlows, in partnership with their Ankara and Istanbul based partners Symturk, were selected based on their international reputation as Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designers.

  • Monday, 25th March 2013 Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

With a name for undertaking a rigorous, technical design assessment, the Uptime Institute, to date, has issued 229 certifications in 38 countries around the world. This new Certification, on behalf of Ministry of Customs and Trade, is the first Tier III Design Certification on the public sector that has been ratified within Turkey.


By using the very latest in advanced 3D design and computer modelling techniques; the Sudlows Certified design will now form the basis for the development of a new, energy efficient, Tier III Certified data centre on behalf of the Republic of Turkey - Ministry of Customs and Trade.


The Uptime Institute undertook a series of detailed assessments of various design aspects of the submitted technical plans including; mechanical, cooling, power, backup generators and fire suppression before reporting back with a technical assessment outlining the approved Tier III ratification.
Andy Hirst, Global Director at Sudlows explained that: “With a growing number of projects already successfully completed in Europe, the data centre team, with their Uptime Institute - Accredited Tier Designer status and their unique technical skills are clearly in demand internationally.”


“To be awarded an Uptime Institute Certification alone is a rigorous process, but to be awarded a Tier III status is a testament to the level of design excellence and knowledge that the Sudlows data centre team have.” added Andy.


Sudlows are at the centre of the rapidly growing demand amongst international companies and governments looking to the UK, for technical advice and consultancy on the latest in advanced green technologies, and also as the ideal digital hub for trade and data security.


Chris Dummett, Commercial Director of Sudlows added: “The export of our technical skills comes at a time of strategic growth for the business throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Our reputation outside of the UK as one of the leading data centre designers continues to develop with an increasing level of enquiries, particularly from clients based in the Middle East.”


Providing audit and consultancy technical advice to several government agencies, banking and utility providers in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Sudlows’ established reputation within the data centre industry is now recognised across the globe.


The Uptime Institute ranks only the most advanced data centres, on a scale known as Tier Ratings. The Tier Certification refers to a data centres physical infrastructure. The certifications are awarded in four levels with Tier IV the highest level ranking; these are based on metrics such as resilience and Concurrent Maintainability.