In the demanding digital age we live in, data centres are the necessary infrastructure and the heart of most digital services as they centralise and transmit all information. The most important parameters for the reliability of data centers are their physical security and availability.

EN 50600 is a set of standards aimed at uniformly assessing information infrastructure by having a holistic approach to the design, construction and operation of data centers. The main parts of the standard cover building construction, power distribution, environmental control, telecommunications cabling, security systems and management and operational information. Similarly, data centres are classified into classes for availability and security and levels for energy efficiency.

The certification of data centers according to EN 50600 by an independent and recognized organization reliably documents the physical security and availability and ensures the reduction of limited availability and outages.

TÜV HELLAS is in direct cooperation with the TÜVIT based in Germany, as members of the TÜV NORD GROUP. TÜVIT has established the TSI.STANDARD since 2001, which is a checklist of checkpoints for the evaluation of data centers, and is active in certifications according to EN 50600 which is based on risk analysis. In recent years, EN 50600 has been evolving at international level with the series of corresponding ISO/IEC 22237 standards.

Based on the Greek legislation and in particular the law 5069/2023 published in the Government Gazette 193A/28-11-2023, compliance with EN 50600-2-5 has become mandatory as a minimum.