Meepegama obtains Design Consultant certification

The Telecommunications Industry Association's (TIA) TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centres is the first standard to specifically address data centre infrastructure. It covers the Telecommunications, Electrical, Architectural, and Mechanical (TEAM) Infrastructure of a Data Centre.

Founder of IDawn Technologies, Tharindu Meepegama, is one of the first Sri Lankans to achieve the TIA-942 Design Consultant and Internal Auditor certification.

Meepegama said, "Before this, there was no benchmark to verify the ability of designers and auditors of a data centre. Customers have been left to their own assessment to determine the ability of designers and auditors.

"Today, the data centre industry can use the CTDC and CTIA as references to validate the designers and auditors they work with and the data centre professionals they employ," he said.

Officially certified under a training program which is recognised by the TIA, Meepegama is one of less than 10 around the world to hold this certification. The design, which must be considered early on in the building process will cut across areas such as telecommunications, power, architectural and HVAC which are covered under the TIA-942 Standard and a multitude of other considerations.

"Through this certification, I can assist the private and public sectors to set up world class data centres and facilities infrastructure," Meepegama said.