Mainone’s MDXI achieves TCCF, becomes certified data centre in Nigeria

MAINONE’S data centre subsidiary, MDXI, has received its Tier III Constructed Facility Certification (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute.

With this new milestone, MDXI becomes the leading Data centre in West Africa, with the top five certifications in the industry. These includes the TCCF, the PCIDSS certification, which certifies the data center to process payment card information, the SAP Infrastructure Services license which certifies the it as ideal for running SAP applications and infra- structure, and ISO 27001 and 9001 certifications.

This TCCF certification is awarded as a performancebased evaluation of a data centre’s concurrently maintainable site infrastructure. Tier Certification of Constructed Facility is a progression from Tier Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) and goes beyond the review of paper designs to rigorous on-site testing to root out discrepancies between the actual installation and design.

The multiple certifica- tion of Mainone’s MDXI demonstrates compliance to globally accepted standards on high availability, commitment towards the security and protection of the information assets of the company and its customers. It also provide assurance of the quality of the data centre’s infrastructure, and ability to react to disruptions due to unplanned activities.

MDXI’S 600 rack facility in Lekki is the premier commercial data center in West Africa built to meet the rapidly growing demand for Co-location, Managed Hosting and Cloud services within the region.

General Manager of MDXI, Gbenga Adegbiji, said the certification further validates the company’s investment in critical infrastructure to grow West Africa’ s digital economy.

“With the increased recognition of Africa as home of fast growing economies, it is important that we have the infrastructure required to establish, enhance and sustain effective business performance in today’s global digital economy.”