CDCE is the premier certification for data center professionals in the data center design/build and related fields. This 5-day course is designed to prepare participants to analyse a given business case and perform technical evaluation for a project plan and a set of designs for implementation of a mission critical data center.
The course also engages participants in product evaluations and demonstrates how to select equipment and develop equipment test scripts (IET) and integrated performance and validation testing (IPVT).
CDCE builds upon knowledge gained in CDCP and CDCS courses.
Participants who pass the exam will join the industry's elite data center project design experts.
CDCE is the highest level training in the EPI Design and Build training track under the EPI Data Center Training Framework.
Participants must hold a valid CDCS certificate in order to be able to register for the CDCE class.
Module 1 Data Center Life Cycle:
- Data center 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