LS Electric said Thursday that its Power Testing & Technology Institute (PT&T) has been accredited by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) as a Witnessed Manufacturer's Testing Laboratory, a status that lets the company conduct its own certification testing for the North American market rather than shipping products to outside labs. Following the accreditation, LS Electric can now run standardized tests on its power equipment directly at PT&T, with CSA representatives witnessing the process, and obtain CSA certification based on those in-house results. CSA is a third-party testing and certification body that manufacturers must go through to enter the Canadian and broader North American market. It is designated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, putting it on par with global certification bodies in its authority to certify products and issue certification marks. Demand for power equipment in North America has surged amid the buildout of artificial intelligence data centers, the integration of renewable energy and t