Reliability modeling enables an owner to make a business case for an investment in a new or upgraded mission-critical facility in answering the question: Is improving a facility or building a new (Tier III, smart Tier III, or Tier IV) facility a good capital investment? Reliability modeling-an analysis of the true cost of facility downtime-enables corporate executives to determine whether additional redundancy and reliability is worth the additional cost.
For a data center owner with a growing need of additional data center or infrastructure capacity, acquiring a company or its data center assets may be a good option. It