DataBank Receives Uptime Institute Build Certification for Minnesota Data Center

DataBank’s Eagan, MN data center achieves a Tier-III constructed certification

Minneapolis – May 28, 2015 – DataBank, Ltd., a leading custom data center, managed services and cloud provider, announced today it has been awarded Uptime Institute’s Tier-III ‘Build’ (Constructed Facility) Certification for the company’s newly opened data center in Eagan, MN. The ‘Build’ certification offers prospective clients the assurance that DataBank’s offers the highest-spec multi-tenant data center environment available in the Twin Cities.

“The facility is a top-tier data center for colocation, and offers a number of customizable options for our enterprise-class customers,” said Dan Allen, DataBank’s VP of Technical Operations. “To build such a high quality data center, the design and infrastructure we chose to deploy in the build-out was vital. The facility was conceived from the ground-up to ensure it will deliver the highest levels of efficiency, security and redundancy available. This certification supports that status.”

The Uptime Institute is the recognized authority for both the creation and administration of data center Tier Standards & Certifications. DataBank worked meticulously with Uptime engineers from the conceptual design and planning, through the construction and commissioning of the data center. The Uptime Institute’s certification of DataBank’s East Twin Cities data center as a Constructed Tier-III facility ensures it was built to meet or exceed those high levels of performance capacity, effectiveness, and reliability laid out in the audit.

“In our industry, providers are always attaching a Tier rating to their facility and infrastructure,” said Tim Moore, DataBank’s CEO. “So, I’m proud to be one of the very few who actually completed the rigorous process which verifies our adherence to the criteria is fact.”

To learn more about DataBank’s data centers, compliance standards, and the company’s complete suite of service solutions, please visit the corporate website at www.databank.com.

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About DataBank

DataBank helps the world’s largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Recognized by Deloitte in 2023 and 2024, and Inc. 5000 in 2024 as one of the fastest-growing private US companies, DataBank’s edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 65+ “HPC-ready” data centers in 25+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

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