Standards are created to ensure uniformly high quality of design and performance in many industries. In addition they function to ensure interoperability between vendors and encourage a high level of competition within the industry so that users receive the best performance at competitive prices. Data centers have historically been designed in the absence of rigorous guidelines leading to uniqueness in virtually every data center and challenges in product selection and troublesome maintenance and re-supply issues. Commercial building owners benefited greatly from the TIA-568 standards. Similarly, designing your data center in accordance with the new TIA-942 standard will help ensure robust data center design, standardized nomenclature, ready supply, competitive pricing and scalability for future applications.
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