As data centers grow in size and complexity, they face challenges throughout their lifecycles. Late-stage design changes often lead to cost overruns and compromised schedules. Missing permits and regulatory noncompliance can cause project delays. Failure to identify operational risks can lead to rising maintenance costs and increased downtime.

We offer a suite of solutions to support you throughout your data center’s design, construction and operational phases. We provide proactive risk identification, onsite technical coordination and continuous operational support so you can achieve security, compliance and high performance. From site selection and design validation to commissioning and operational assurance, we help you build and operate resilient, future-ready data centers.

Ensure data center success with SGS

Avoid project delays
We help you avoid permitting delays and ensure on-time delivery of crucial equipment.
Minimize failures and downtimes
We proactively identify risks during the design phase and provide technical inspections and quality assurance during commissioning and operation.
Ensure safety, security and sustainability
We ensure compliance with design codes and sustainability, ISO, EHS and other local and international regulatory standards.
Maintain long term operational performance
We provide routine inspections, audits and reviews to ensure continued asset integrity and operational resilience and prevent compliance drift throughout the data center lifecycle.

Discover our data center solutions

Site technical due diligence
We help you set the foundation for a successful data center with site feasibility assessments, permitting and regulatory advice, early-stage risk reviews, and sustainability and ESG planning aligned with global standards.
Design validation
We ensure your designs are safe, compliant and buildable, with multidisciplinary design, constructability and operability reviews, energy efficiency, cooling optimization and sustainability checks, and regulatory standards and EHG compliance validation.
Supplier quality and delivery assurance
We provide supplier evaluation and qualification, manufacturing process inspections, factory acceptance testing (FAT), expediting, material inspections, equipment validation and ESG compliance checks across the data center supply chain.
Project and construction management
We support safe, high-quality project delivery through integrated project management, onsite QA/QC inspections, technical supervision, HSE oversight and environmental monitoring – helping you reduce risk, avoid delays and protect build quality.
Commissioning planning and supervision
We deliver independent commissioning management and technical assurance, including integrated testing support, supervision of critical mechanical, electrical and infrastructure systems, and verification of installation quality against design standards and industry best practice.
Operations and maintenance assurance
We help you maintain long-term operational performance, safety and compliance through routine audits and inspections, energy efficiency and cooling performance assessments, EHS and fire safety audits, asset condition monitoring and continuous improvement programs.

Why SGS?

As the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, we combine local regulatory expertise with standardized global delivery frameworks. Our global network allows us to provide rapid response and deployment for time-sensitive projects.

With proven experience supporting hyperscale, colocation and enterprise data center projects worldwide, our multidisciplinary teams deliver integrated expertise across critical power, cooling, fire protection and digital infrastructure systems. We help you achieve compliance with local and international quality, safety and technical standards and ensure the reliability and sustainability of mission critical facilities.