CDCE® – Certified Data Center Expert

Transform from a data center professional into an elite mission-critical facility design expert in just five days.

The Certified Data Center Expert (CDCE®) program empowers you to analyze business cases, evaluate technical requirements, and master the complete lifecycle of data center design projects. This intensive course culminates in a dual certification exam that validates your ability to make expert-level decisions for mission-critical facilities, placing you among the industry’s most sought-after data center design specialists.

Think of the CDCE® as your master key to unlocking the highest level of data center design expertise. Unlike basic data center courses that just scratch the surface, CDCE® dives deep into the complex world of mission-critical facility design and implementation. You’ll learn to speak the language of power systems (reading those tricky Single Line Diagrams will become second nature), master the art of equipment selection, and develop comprehensive testing protocols that ensure your facility performs flawlessly from day one.

What sets this course apart is its practical, hands-on approach – we’re talking 60% practical exercises and 40% theory. You’ll work through real-world scenarios, from site selection to retirement planning, all while building a toolkit of templates, checklists, and best practices you can implement immediately. The course is specifically designed for IT professionals, facilities managers, and data center specialists who need to make high-stakes decisions about mission-critical facilities.

By the end of this program, you’ll be equipped to tackle complex data center projects with confidence, whether you’re designing a new facility from the ground up or modernizing an existing one. Plus, you’ll join an elite group of certified experts recognized globally for their comprehensive understanding of data center design and implementation.

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
  • 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
  • Analysing capacity of existing facility
  • Analysing investment options

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

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This course and exam are internationally recognized and have been endorsed and accredited by EXIN.

EXIN is a global, independent accreditation and examination institute who have certified over 2 million students globally.

This certification represents a gold standard in IT and digital disciplines. Globally acknowledged, it affirms an individual’s prowess in key areas while ensuring familiarity with current best practices.

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