Uptime Institute is the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority. With over 4,000 awards issued in over 122 countries, Uptime has helped tens of thousands of companies optimize critical IT assets. For over 30 years, the company has established industry-leading benchmarks which provide customers assurance that their digital infrastructure performs across a wide array of operating conditions at a level consistent with their business needs. Uptime’s Tier Standard is the IT industry’s most trusted and adopted global standard for the design, construction, and operation of data centers. Uptime Education training programs have been successfully completed by over 100,000 data center professionals.