Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) Course
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The Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP®) course provides a practical understanding of the key components required to create and maintain a reliable, secure and highly available data centre. Participants will explore areas including site selection, power, cooling, cabling, fire protection, physical security, monitoring and operational maintenance.
This instructor-led course is suitable for data centre specialists, facilities managers, engineers and IT professionals responsible for supporting or improving data centre environments. It is also the first stage in EPI’s design and build certification pathway, providing the knowledge required to progress to the Certified Data Centre Specialist (CDCS®) course.
Course Schedule
2 days
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8:00am - 4:00pm (UK Time)
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Online Live
£1,650 + VAT
2 days
8:00am - 4:00pm (UK Time)
Online Live
£1,650 + VAT
Course Code: CDCP
Duration: 2 days
Audience
The primary audience for this course includes data centre specialists, facilities managers and IT professionals who work in and around data centres and are responsible for ensuring and enhancing their availability and manageability.
Prerequisites
There is no specific prerequisite for the CDCP® course. However, participants who already have at least one or two years’ experience in a data centre or facilities environment may be best suited. Those with no experience just yet are most welcome to participate.
Course Objectives
After completion of the course the participant will be able to:
- Explain different types of data centres, their impact on business continuity, and the key factors affecting availability.
- Examine international and national standards, industry guidelines, and compliance requirements for data centre design and sub-components.
- Identify site selection criteria, building requirements, and supporting facility needs to establish a high-performance, resilient data centre.
- Understand raised floors and suspended ceilings while considering cooling, grounding, load management, and airflow optimization.
- Design lighting layouts, emergency lighting systems, and positioning strategies to improve visibility, safety, and energy efficiency.
- Develop power redundancy strategies, configure UPS systems, microgrids, transformers, batteries, and optimize power distribution techniques.
- Assess EMF sources, shielding techniques, and best practices to protect critical IT equipment from interference and data corruption.
- Understand AI-driven cooling management, containment strategies, liquid cooling, and Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STER) to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Understand network cabling designs, redundancy strategies, and TIA-942 cabling topologies for a resilient and future-ready data centre.
- Install fire suppression systems, detection technologies, and safety signage while ensuring compliance with fire protection regulations.
- Understand physical security measures, access controls, surveillance systems, and safety protocols to protect data centre assets from threats.
- Understand BMS, DCIM, EMS, water leak detection, and alarm panels, ensuring continuous monitoring and proactive issue resolution.
Course Contents
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
Course at a Glance
Contact us for pricing
Contact us for pricing
2 days
8:00am - 4:00pm (UK Time)
Online Live
£1,650 + VAT
2 days
8:00am - 4:00pm (UK Time)
Online Live
£1,650 + VAT
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