• Overview of the phases of a data centre life cycle
• Planning, re-alignment and continuous improvement

• Rating level history
• Standards and guidelines compared (TIA-942, ISO 22237, EN 50600, UTI)
• Rating level definitions
• Redundancy options (N+1), 2N, 2(N+1)
• Concurrent Maintainability/Compartmentalisation
• Example configurations
• Substation and feed requirements
• Maintenance options
• Operational processes guidelines/standards
• Skill development

• Building location considerations
• Floor and hanging loads requirements
• Fire rating for walls and glass
• Blast protection
• Bullet proofing
• Forced entry protection

• Raised floor installation guidelines
• Techniques to install a proper and leveled raised access floor
• Common mistakes
• Choosing the right tiles and their locations
• Seismic-mitigating floor constructions
• Choosing the correct suspended ceiling

– Power infrastructure layout;

• Formulas which you should know for the data centre
• Single Line Electrical diagrams; how to read to ensure key components are present for protection
• Over current protection devices (MCB/MCCB/VCB/ACB/Fuses) definitions and what to use where
• Earth Leakage devices (RCB/RCD/ELCB/GFCI/ALCI/RCBO), definitions and what to use where
• Sizing of protective components
• Lightning strikes and surge protection devices (TVSS/SPD), how they operate, where to use and how to install
• Power cabling and cable run considerations
• PDU/DB setup and minimum requirements

– Generators;

• Generator types: Standy/Prime/Continuous
• Component make up and functions
• Fuel storage and calculation
• Paralleling of gen-sets
• Generator room/area requirements

– UPS Systems;

• Required specifications for UPS systems
• How to read data sheets and select the correct UPS
• Requirements for parallel configurations and avoid pitfalls such as single point of failures
• How parallel installation should be done, classic mistakes made by installers and how to avoid these

– Harmonic Filters;

• Active/Passive filters and their application

– Battery Banks;

• Battery bank terminology
• Designing battery banks, how to calculate, and double check the battery bank to be installed
• Battery charging pitfalls and ensuring the right charger is being installed and used
• Using parallel battery banks; how to properly install them, limitations and risks when using batteries in parallel
• How to test batteries correctly and make decisions on cell/block or string replacement
• Battery casing choices; ABS, V0, V1, V2
• Alternative energy storage; flywheel, re-usable cell, compressed air UPS, etc.

• Sources of EMF
• Difference between single, three phase and bus-bar EMF
• Options available to measure EMF and how to interpret the results from single-axes and composite measurements
• Guidance on safe distance for equipment and humans
• Calculation of EMF attenuation factor for shielding material permeability and saturation factors

• Important definitions; dry-bulb, wet-bulb, dew-point, RH, sensible and latent heat
• Psychometric chart and ASHRAE recommendations
• Environmental class definitions and thermal specifications
• Temperature/humidity measurements guideline
• Heat dissipation methods
• Altitude impact on temperature intake to ICT equipment
• Floor plan setup for effective cooling
• Differences in tile surface and supporting structure and the air-flow performance impact
• Rack door construction and the flow performance impact
• Equipment Delta-T and its impact
• Optimising airflow
• Thermal units conversions
• Calculations for air volume displacement (CFM/CMH)
• Cooling capacity calculations
• Air-conditioning selection
• De- / humidifying options
• Air conditioning efficiency
• SHR impact on cost saving
• Efficiency indicator
• New cooling principle and techniques (Submerged, VSD/VRF/ECF/water- and air side economisers)
• Redundancy guidelines for air-conditioners avoiding classic misconceptions and mistakes for meeting ANSI/TIA-942 compliant designs
• Installation requirements
• Connections to fire panel and EPO
• Commissioning of air conditioners
• Set points and calibration
• CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)

• The fire triangle and elements to stop a fire
• Detection systems in detail (VESDA, VIEW, smoke sensors)
• Considerations for installation of sensors
• Proper testing of smoke sensors
• Water based systems i.e. deluge, wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action and why most of them don’t work and how to detect this
• Details on Inert and Halocarbon systems and how to select the correct system for your data centre
• How to calculate the gas content ensuring the appropriate level is installed to suppress the fire including safety considerations
• Other requirements for gas systems such as release times, hold times, pipe install requirements and other important factors
• Requirements for the fire detection panel
• Installation verification, methods, what to check and how
• New advanced fire suppression technologies

• ANSI/TIA942 cabling structure topology
• Copper and fiber cabling
• ToR, EoR Design
• Intelligent patching systems
• Installation best practice such as routing, bending radius, separation from power, containment fill ratio, fiber link loss calculator, bonding and grounding requirement
• Standard for telecommunications labeling and administration

• Acoustic noise effects, regulations, specifications and limits
• Data centre contaminations and classifications
• Measurements, standards and limits
• Preventive measures and avoidance

• Business drivers to go Green
• Sustainability versus high-availability
• Green guidelines and standards
• Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), values, classes, considerations and improvements
• Open Compute Project (OCP)
• Savings on cooling infrastructure
• Savings on light infrastructure