Certified Data Centre Expert

Course details

OVERVIEW: The Certified Data Centre Expert (CDCE) designation is the most prestigious certification for professionals working in data center design, configuration, and related fields. This Data Centre Expert course prepares professionals to perform a specialized assessment for a venture design and to arrange plans for the execution of a mission-critical data center.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Market Trends: Due to the influx of internet-connected devices, companies are outsourcing their data operations to data centers. A recent study by Research and Markets predicts that the global data center market is expected to grow at an annual rate of over 2% from 2019 to 2025. Globally, the demand for data center experts is expected to rise to million by 2025. Considering these stats, it is evident that professionals with Data Centre Expert certification will have multiple career options.

Salary Trends: The adoption of digital technologies has revolutionized the business landscape boosting the growth of data centers around the world and in turn, driving up the demand for professionals with Data Centre Expert certification. The upsurge in demand has also elevated the compensation for Certified Data Centre Experts. The recruiters are placing a premium on professionals with Data Centre Expert certification. In the UAE, the average salary of a Data Centre Technician is AED 333,333 per annum.

Demand and Opportunities: In the aftermath of the global pandemic, businesses have undergone major changes as there has been a 25%-30% increase in internet traffic, leading to an increased reliance on data centers. As several data center construction projects are underway in the MEA region, the market for data centers is expanding rapidly in these regions. Globally, more than 2 million professionals were employed in data centers in 2019, which contributed to an upsurge in demand for Certified Data Centre Experts.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Data Centre Life Cycle

• Data-center lifecycle stages and phases
• Exercise: Stage/Phase/Milestone/Document mapping

Design Preparation

• Creation of a SON-Statement Of Need
• Technology review
• Conceptual sizing
• How to calculate for computer room space
• How to calculate facility space
• How to calculate incoming power
• Exercise: Conceptual sizing building and power
• Analyzing capacity of the existing facility
• Analyzing investment options
• Site selection
• Permits and approvals
• Exercise: Site selection

Conceptual design

• Budget and project timeline
• Business case preparation
• Project delivery structure
• Project management options
• Project manager and team
• Design Planning
• OSRA-Operational Systems Requirement Analysis
• TFRA-Technical Facilities Requirement Analysis
• Operations and maintenance review
• RFP-Request For Proposal process
• Vendor selection
• Design Development
• Project planning
• Design development
• PDR-Preliminary Design Review
• Equipment selection
• FDR/V-Final Design Review/Validation
• Exercise: Full design validation of power, cooling, floor plans, fire suppression

Design freeze and LLTI

• Creation of construction documents
• BOM/BOQ-Bill Of Material/Bill Of Quantity
• Exercise: Equipment selection

Acquire

• Requirements of purchase orders
• Shipping terms
• FWT/FAT-Factory Witness Test/Factory Acceptance Test
• Sequencing
• Incoming goods inspection and handling
• Asset management
• Construct
• Temporary essential services
• Erection of the building
• Permanent essential services
• Building inspection
• Snag list
• COF-Certificate Of Fitness
• Fit-Out
• Fit-Out
• Builders cleaning
• As-Built drawings
• Test & Commissioning
• IET-Individual Equipment Test
• IPVT/IST-Integrated Performance Verification Test/Integrated Systems Test
• Common mistakes with IET/IPVT
• Deep cleaning
• Exercise: IET/IPVT scripting

Hand-Over

• Facility hand-over requirements and documents
• PCC-Practical Completion Certificate
• DLP-Defect Liability Period
• Defect Management
• ICT Systems Installation
• ICT Systems Testing
• Hand-Over/DLP Expiry
• FCC-Final Completion Certificate
• Retirement
• Reasons and definitions of retirement
• Building the business case and project plan
• Sequencing
• Transfer of site
• Demolishing of site
• Legal matters
• FCC-Final Completion Certificate

KEY TAKEAWAYS:
After completing the Data Centre Expert course, the candidate will be able to:

• Understand the stages of data center design life cycle
• Ensure that sellers, suppliers, and contractors are aware of the required features of the data center
• Assess the degree of redundancy in the design and maintenance of the data center
• Plan the evaluation of a mission-critical data center's Individual Equipment Test (IET) and Integrated Performance Validation Test (IPVT)
• Describe electrical Single Line Diagrams (SLD) and related design documents
• Deploy retirement plans for decommissioning and handover of data centers

ACCREDITATION:

Our Data Centre Expert course is accredited by ISO 9001: 2015 and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).

ALUMNI: Our academy graduates of Data Centre courses are successfully placed in some of the top-notch companies in Dubai like Jumeirah, Aramex, Airarabia, Damac, Emaar, etc. They are entrepreneurs, career changers, and lifelong learners.

WHY LEARNER’S POINT:
Being one of the leading providers of Data Centre courses in Dubai, we have ample experience in delivering relevant skills and knowledge.
Our Data Centre Expert course offers the following advantages:

• Our Data training Dubai is designed based on real-world scenarios, formulating and evaluating practical requirements
• Our Data Centre courses strive to provide a reality check and insight into the requirements of a challenging role and how to fulfill it
• We also provide live interactive sessions and hands-on experience through assignments associated with the actual work environment

Updated on 22 August, 2024