IT Cleaning Ltd specialise in Controlled Environment Cleaning for Data Centre Cleaning, Data Centre Cleaning Services, Data Room Cleaning, Data Hall Cleaning, Server Room Cleaning, Communication Room Cleaning, Computer Room Cleaning, Comms Room Cleaning, and other UK IT infrastructure Cleaning. Cleaning the room and the equipment within the room to ISO 14644-1 2015 Class 8 plus all accessible surfaces free from dust. Find out more about our industry-leading server room and data centre cleaning services. Dust in Data Centres in all it forms is a danger in your mission critical environment. At its worst dust in data centres can be the direct cause of equipment shutdown. It can also cause increased power use by increasing the heat build up in the equipment. Dust in data centres can also cause premature wear of equipment, especially moving parts like fans. Dust is also often mentioned in data centre and server room fires. IT Cleaning Ltd can discuss dust in data centres and other issues with you prior to quoting for cleaning.
“Contamination has been the indirect cause of more IT downtime than all the fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and disgruntled employees combined.” – Jon William Toigo, Disaster Recovery Planning, Third Edition.
While submicron particle and gaseous contamination resulting from dust and dirt can lead to unexpected shutdowns of mission-critical IT equipment, the connection between contamination and hardware failures is often overlooked. Dust contamination, which has been referred to as the undetected disaster and has been shown to cause 70% of breakdowns of equipment within I.T. environments. With most Data Centres in the UK, located in very dusty areas, airborne particulate and gaseous contamination like NO2 are the biggest cause of this contamination, Airborne Particulate. It is also important that the correct equipment and chemicals are used during the cleaning. As the leading UK data centre cleaning company, we’ve built a trusted reputation with IT companies, data centres, and controlled environments across the country. Find out how we can help your business prevent costly equipment breakdowns today.
IT Cleaning Ltd specialise in Controlled Environment Cleaning for Data Centre Cleaning Services, Data Centre Cleaning, Data Room Cleaning, Data Hall Cleaning, Server Room Cleaning, Communication Room Cleaning, Computer Room Cleaning, Comms Room Cleaning, and other IT infrastructure Cleaning. Cleaning the room and the equipment within the room. Where possible we will clean these mission-critical rooms to ISO 14644-1 2015 Class 8 or better, plus all accessible surfaces free from dust (glove test). This is currently the best practice for the cleaning of UK Data Centres, Data Halls, Data Rooms, Comms Rooms etc. After the server room, comms room, or data centre cleaning service, we will certify the environment to ISO 14644-3. This specification (ISO 14644) is based on the international standards for clean rooms, clean zone and controlled environments, a Data Centre, Data Hall, or Data Room is a controlled environment (A controlled environment, also known as a critical environment, is a space with precisely regulated environmental factors. Air temperature, temperature, and humidity are regulated to meet operational needs, and the critical area is isolated from other operations within the facility). With years of experience cleaning data centres and server rooms in the UK, we use the best equipment and processes available including HEPA filtered Vacuums and Air Scrubbers. Air Scrubbers are HEPA Filtered to remove particulate from the air to 0.3 microns, so dust made airborne by us during cleaning is filtered out. Therefore, it cannot re-contaminate the data room, equipment etc. This is essential if ISO 14644 Class 8 is to be achieved in Data Centre Cleaning, Data Hall Cleaning and Server Room Cleaning. IT Cleaning Ltd utilise micro fibre and tacky wiping systems during Data Centre Cleaning. IT Cleaning Ltd can use video camera technology when data room cleaning, allowing us to get into hard-to-see places and remove dust safely. For further information on the cleaning of your mission-critical environment, see the bottom of this page or contact Stephen Yates at 07810 893218 or stephen.yates@itcleaning.co.uk
“Perhaps the most important step to take to control contamination, is to contract with a reputable computer room maintenance company, to perform routine cleaning”. John William Toigo, Disaster Recovery Planning Third Addition.
As stated above whenever possible IT Cleaning will use the following specification for data centre cleaning, data hall cleaning, server room cleaning, data room cleaning and comms room cleaning. ISO 14644-1 Class 8 or better plus all accessible surfaces to be free from dust. This specification is based on ISO 14644-1 2015 which is as stated an international standard for clean rooms, clean zones and controlled environments, data rooms are controlled environments. After the clean, we will carry out validation in line with ISO 14644-3 2015 using a Solair 5100+ particulate tester. Based on these results we will then issue a certificate of conformity. These certificates are invaluable during internal and external audits. For an example of our report and certificate of conformity follow here. The Certificate is valid for one year from the date of issue.
