A vendor-neutral read on what stands between the facility and certification and the order to fix it in.
Client: International Maritime Industries (IMI), part of Aramco
Sector: Industrial / Maritime
Service: Data Center Gap Assessment & Tier-2 Certification Consulting
The mandate
International Maritime Industries runs a mission-critical industrial ecosystem behind large-scale maritime manufacturing, shipbuilding and logistics. Its data centre worked – but to meet Tier-2 certification standards, and the reliability and business continuity that come with them, the infrastructure needed to be brought up to grade.
IMI wanted an honest, vendor-neutral assessment: identify the gaps across electrical, mechanical, cooling and IT systems, and lay out a certification-aligned roadmap – all without disrupting plant operations or steering the client toward any particular supplier.
What Flint assessed
Flint conducted a comprehensive gap assessment across the four domains that determine Tier-2 readiness:
Electrical power & redundancy |
Backup systems, load distribution, failover capability and overall electrical resilience. |
| Mechanical & cooling | HVAC capacity, redundancy, cooling efficiency and environmental controls. |
| IT infrastructure & operations | System reliability, network resilience, structured cabling and operational governance. |
| Tier-2 compliance mapping | A readiness report benchmarked directly against Uptime Institute Tier-2 requirements. |
What the assessment produced
The engagement delivered a holistic view of structural, operational and compliance gaps, paired with practical recommendations rather than a wish list. Findings were translated into a compliance-aligned roadmap detailing system upgrades, capacity enhancements and risk mitigation – deliberately vendor-neutral to keep IMI’s future options open – then sequenced into an actionable plan with timelines and impact analysis so upgrades could proceed without operational disruption.
Where IMI stands
IMI now holds a clear, step-by-step path toward Tier-2 readiness, with critical infrastructure vulnerabilities identified and prioritized, objective vendor-neutral insight to plan cost-efficiently, and a strengthened understanding of where power, cooling and IT resilience must improve. The facility is positioned to certify, reduce risk, and scale its digital backbone for future industrial growth.
AI-Driven Managed Services Beyond the roadmap, Flint’s AI-driven Managed Services bring predictive analytics to facility operations – modelling power, cooling and IT-system behaviour to pre-empt reliability risks and protect the uptime that certification is meant to secure.
