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Data Center Technician Fundamentals
Learn how a data center is powered, cooled and kept running, and the procedures you will follow from day one.
What you will learn
- The power chain from utility to rack: switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators and PDUs
- Cooling: CRAC and CRAH units, chilled water, hot and cold aisles, liquid cooling basics
- Structured cabling and the white space, explained for people from the trades
- Safety and change control: lockout/tagout awareness, method statements and MOP, SOP and EOP procedures
- Scenario questions written from real job tasks, an online final assessment and a certificate of completion
For: Electricians, HVAC technicians and facility staff moving into data center work.
Who stands behind this course
- Editor and publisher: C. Kuyumcu, founder of AI Work School, background in energy and construction.
- Written from: the tasks employers list in current data center technician job postings, with public US government guidance (DOE, OSHA) where it applies.
- Field review: Material is reviewed by people who do this work before the course opens; their names are published here when they sign off.
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