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Certified Data Centre Facilities Operations Manager
Extend your expertise into data centre operations management and develop the capability to manage the daily operations of mission-critical data centre facilities.
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Data Centre Design & Build
CDCE®
Certified Data Centre Expert
Advanced Design/Build training covering business-case analysis, technical design evaluation, equipment selection and testing across the lifecycle of a mission-critical data centre.
Competency Scope
Target Audience & Professional Profile
Senior infrastructure architects, lead engineering consultants, project directors, and enterprise data centre strategists.
Selected Course Benefits
- Approach complex data centre projects with a structured lifecycle perspective.
- Coordinate design and implementation decisions across technical disciplines.
- Assess resilient design options and project handover requirements.
For further details on the programme and its benefits, download the CDCE® brochure.
Course Content
What the CDCE® Programme Covers
View the detailed topics included in EPI’s Certified Data Centre Expert training programme.
CDCE® Course Syllabus
Module 1 – Data Centre Life Cycle
- Data centre lifecycle stages and phases
- Exercise: Stage/Phase/Milestone/Document mapping
Module 2 – 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
- Analysing capacity of existing facility
- Analysing 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
Module 3 – Design Planning
- OSRA – Operational Systems Requirement Analysis
- TFRA – Technical Facilities Requirement Analysis
- Operations and maintenance review
- RFP – Request For Proposal process
- Vendor selection
Module 4 – 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
Module 5 – Acquire
- Requirements of purchase orders
- Shipping terms
- FWT/FAT – Factory Witness Test/Factory Acceptance Test
- Sequencing
- Incoming goods inspection and handling
- Asset management
Module 6 – Construct
- Temporary essential services
- Erection of the building
- Permanent essential services
- Building inspection
- Snag list
- COF – Certificate Of Fitness
Module 7 – Fit-Out
- Fit-Out
- Builders cleaning
- As-Built Drawings
Module 8 – 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
Module 9 – 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
Module 10 – 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
Curriculum Objectives
Key Learning Outcomes
- Review site selection and design documentation across the data centre lifecycle
- Evaluate equipment specifications against resilience and site requirements
- Develop equipment testing, handover and retirement plans
Exam
To obtain the CDCE certificate the candidate has to pass two exams. The first exam is a 90-minute closed book exam, with 60 multiple-choice questions. A minimum of 45 correct answers is required to pass this exam. The second exam is a 90-minute closed book exam, with 25 open questions. A minimum of 75% score is required to pass this exam.
Certification & Accreditation
Candidates who successfully pass the exam will receive the official ‘Certified Data Centre Expert’ certificate. The certification is valid for three years after which the student needs to re-certify.
The CDCE® course is accredited by EXIN, which is a global, independent and not-for-profit accreditation and examination institute.
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