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Certified Data Centre Specialist
Continue along the Design/Build pathway and develop advanced knowledge for data centre design and build environments.
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Data Centre Design & Build
CDCP®
Certified Data Centre Professional
Exposes participants to key components of modern data centres. Addresses how to set up and enhance power, cooling, security, cabling, safety, and fire suppression to ensure high availability.
Competency Scope
Target Audience & Professional Profile
Data centre managers, operations staff, facility engineers, M&E consultants, IT managers, and project managers.
Selected Course Benefits
- Understand the key facility systems that underpin reliable data centre operation.
- Discuss power, cooling, cabling, safety and security requirements with technical teams.
- Identify common availability and infrastructure improvement considerations.
For further details on the programme and its benefits, download the CDCP® brochure.
Course Content
What the CDCP® Programme Covers
View the detailed topics included in EPI’s Certified Data Centre Professional training programme.
CDCP® Course Syllabus
The Mission Critical Site
- Business organization
- Types of data centres
- Importance of a data centre
- Elements of data centre
- Causes of unavailability
Data Centre Standards
- Standards and guidelines
- Standards for sub-components
- International vs. national standards
Data Centre Location, Building and Construction
- Criteria for selecting site location the data centre location
- Criteria for facility
- Supporting facilities and function
Raised Access Flooring and Suspended Ceiling
- Standards
- Types of raised floors
- Loading factors
- General guidelines
- Grounding
- Ramp and landing platform
- Suspended ceiling
- Raised floor and suspended ceiling impact on cooling
Light
- Measurements of light
- Standards
- Connecting and positioning of light fixtures
- Emergency light
- Types of emergency light
Power Infrastructure
- Sustainability
- Microgrid
- Transformers
- Generators
- Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) and Static Transfer Switch (STS)
- Power redundancy levels and techniques
- Power distribution / Busbar trunking
- Single phase and three phase power
- Grounding and bonding
- Isolation transformer
- PDU form factors
- Ingress Protection (IP) grades
- Power quality parameters
- Power sizing
- High Performance Computing
- UPS systems
- UPS parallel configurations
- Batteries
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
- Thermographic scanning
Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF)
- Types of EMF
- Units of measurements
- Standards and best practices
- Sources of EMF
- Shielding
Equipment Racks
- Standards
- Dimensions
- Types of racks
- Security
- Power strips / rails
Cooling Infrastructure
- Cooling principles
- Temperature and humidity
- Types of cooling systems
- Raised floor cooling
- Non-raised floor cooling
- Supplemental cooling
- Containment
- Liquid cooling
- Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STER)
Water Supply
- Importance of water
- Backup water supply
Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure
- Importance network cabling infrastructure
- Planning considerations
- Copper cabling
- Fibre Cabling
- TIA-942 cabling system topology
- Testing and verification of cabling system
- Redundancy
- Site-to-site connectivity
Fire Protection
- Common causes of fire
- Requirements for fire suppression systems
- Standards
- Fire detection systems
- Water based fire suppression systems
- Gas-based fire suppression systems
- Classes of fire
- Best practices
- Handheld fire extinguishers
- Requirements for signage and safety
- Regulatory requirements
Physical Security and Safety
- Components for physical security
- Components for physical safety
Auxiliary Systems
- Monitoring challenges
- Monitoring requirements
- Environmental Monitoring System (EMS)
- Building Management System (BMS)
- Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
- Water leak detection
- Alarm panels
- Notification
- Best practices
Curriculum Objectives
Key Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate primary components of mission-critical facilities
- Identify downtime factors and calculate basic availability requirements
- Understand best-practice maintenance and operational handover principles
Exam
The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions. The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam.
Certification & Accreditation
Candidates who successfully pass the exam will receive the official ‘Certified Data Centre Professional’ certificate. The certification is valid for three years after which the student needs to re-certify.
The CDCP® course is accredited by EXIN, which is a global, independent and not-for-profit accreditation and examination institute.
Where Can CDCP® Take You Next?
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