CERTIFIED DATA CENTRE PROFESSIONAL

Introduction
In today's digital era, enterprises depend on IT
infrastructure to deliver critical services. At the heart of After completion of the course the participant will be able to:
this infrastructure is the data centre, where availability,

many data centres fall short of meeting the rigorous availability.

demands of modern workloads, from AI to
high-performance computing, putting businesses at risk. Examine international and national standards, industry
guidelines, and compliance requirements for data centre
Ensuring a high-availability environment demands design and sub-components.
Identify site selection criteria, building requirements, and
protection, security, structured cabling, and industry supporting facility needs to establish a high-performance,
best practices. resilient data centre.

considering cooling, grounding, load management, and

a comprehensive 2-day program designed to equip
participants with essential knowledge of the data centre
infrastructure’s vital components. Design lighting layouts, emergency lighting systems, and
positioning strategies to improve visibility, safety, and
This course provides insights into power and cooling
systems, security measures, cabling structures, safety

systems, microgrids, transformers, batteries, and optimize

power distribution techniques.
enhance today’s data centres while preparing for future
advancements. Assess EMF sources, shielding techniques, and best
practices to protect critical IT equipment from interference
Audience and data corruption.
The primary audience for this course includes data Deploy AI-driven cooling management, containment
centre specialists, facilities managers and IT strategies, liquid cooling, and Seasonal Thermal Energy
professionals who work in and around data centres and
are responsible for ensuring and enhancing their
availability and manageability. Deploy network cabling designs, redundancy strategies,
and TIA-942 cabling topologies for a resilient and
Prerequisites future-ready data centre.
® course.
However, participants who already have at least one or two
years’ experience in a data centre or facilities environment protection regulations.
may be best suited. Those with no experience just yet
Deploy physical security measures, access controls,
are most welcome to participate.
surveillance systems, and safety protocols to protect data
centre assets from threats.
Global Accreditation & Recognition
Deploy BMS, DCIM, EMS, water leak detection, and alarm
panels, ensuring continuous monitoring and proactive
issue resolution.
Course Syllabus

The Mission Critical Site Equipment Racks

- Business organization - Standards
- Types of data centres - Dimensions
- Importance of a data centre - Types of racks
- Elements of data centre - Security
- Causes of unavailability - Power strips / rails

Data Centre Standards Cooling Infrastructure

- Standards and guidelines - Cooling principles
- Standards for sub-components - Temperature and humidity
- International vs. national standards - Types of cooling systems

Data Centre Location, Building and Construction

- Criteria for selecting site location the data centre location - Supplemental cooling
- Criteria for facility - Containment
- Supporting facilities and function - Liquid cooling
- Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STER)
Raised Access Flooring and Suspended Ceiling
- Standards Water Supply
- Importance of water
- Loading factors - Backup water supply
- General guidelines
- Grounding Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure
- Ramp and landing platform - Importance network cabling infrastructure
- Suspended ceiling - Planning considerations
- Copper cabling
- Fibre Cabling
Light - TIA-942 cabling system topology
- Measurements of light
- Standards - Redundancy
- Site-to-site connectivity
- Emergency light
- Types of emergency light Fire Protection

Power Infrastructure
- Sustainability - Standards
- Microgrid - Fire detection systems
- Transformers
- Generators
- Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) and
Static Transfer Switch (STS) - Best practices
- Power redundancy levels and techniques
- Power distribution / Busbar trunking - Requirements for signage and safety
- Single phase and three phase power - Regulatory requirements
- Grounding and bonding
- Isolation transformer Physical Security and Safety
- PDU form factors - Components for physical security
- Ingress Protection (IP) grades - Components for physical safety
- Power quality parameters
- Power sizing Auxiliary Systems
- High Performance Computing - Monitoring challenges
- UPS systems - Monitoring requirements
- Environmental Monitoring System (EMS)
- Batteries - Building Management System (BMS)
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) - Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
- Thermographic scanning - Water leak detection
- Alarm panels
Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF)
- Types of EMF - Best practices
- Units of measurements
- Standards and best practices
- Sources of EMF
- Shielding
Delivery Structure and Methods EPI Data Centre Training Framework ©

The EPI Data Centre Training Framework© provides a

structured course curriculum for individuals working in and
question-and-answer sessions to discuss participants’ around data centre facilities and data centre operational
management. It addresses the various disciplines required to

into the extensive experience of the trainer enabling

them to validate and improve their own environments world, it is also by far the largest in the industry. Many
thus adding tremendous business value. CDCP® course is
available in the following delivery methods:
them as part of their career planning initiatives. Recognised
• ILT – Instructor Led Training
• VILT – Virtual ILT
individuals.
• TOD – Training On Demand

Examination Maintenance / Operations Risk

The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40
multiple-choice questions. The candidate requires a
minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam. Data Data Data Data Data
Centre Centre Centre Centre Centre
Facilities Facilities Environmental Risk Migration
Operations Operations Sustainability Professional Specialist
Specialist Manager Specialist

Candidates who successfully pass the exam will receive

student needs to re-certify.

Design / Build Standards/Compliance
Global Accreditation & Recognition
The CDCP® course is accredited by EXIN, which is a global,
Network
Cabling
examination institute. EXIN's mission is to improve the quality Design
Professional

centre professionals and the IT users, by means of

accreditation of course material as well as independent

or other approved courses*

Recommended Next Course

To further extend your skills, we recommend the
CDFOM® and CDCS® courses. CDFOM® addresses the full
Foundation
data centre operations management. CDCS® addresses
advance design/build knowledge.

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 The Company

EPI is a data centre specialist company of European origin operating world-wide in over 60 countries through direct operations
training. EPI’s
focus is on mission-critical, high-availability environments. Established in 1987, EPI has developed an international reputation

All our services are aimed at helping our customers to:

Increase Availability of their mission-critical infrastructure
Improve , and Manageability
Minimise risk of business interruption

ently and to be
protected on a 24 x 7 basis. By protecting the interests of our customers, EPI is committed to an intensive program of comprehensive
services development backed by engineering and support excellence.

Quality Systems and Procedures have always been at the heart of every stage of our service delivery to ensure consistent and

Let us put our expertise to work for you!

Data Centre Services

Frameworks
• Data Centre Standards - Data Centre - IT&DCF© - IT & Data Centre Framework
- ANSI/TIA-942 - EN 50600 DCFC®, CDCP®, CDCS®, CDCE®, CNCDP® - DCCF® - Data Centre Competence Framework
- DCOS® - ISO/IEC TS 22237 CDFOS®, CDFOM®, CDESS®, CDRP®, CDMS®, - DCTF© - Data Centre Training Framework
CTDC®, CTIA®, CTLA® - ITTF - IT Training Framework
• Other International Standards
- ISO 9001 - ISO/IEC 27701 - IT Standard
- ISO 14001 - ISO 37001 CITO®, CITM®, CITD® - DCOS® - Data Centre Operations Standard
- ISO 14644 - ISO 45001 - MDCS - Modular Data Centre Standard
- ISO/IEC 20000-1 - ISO 46001 - SCMDCS - Self-Contained Modular Data Centre Standard
- ISO 22301 - ISO 50001 - Digital Transformation
- CRUR® - Computer Room Utilisation Ratio
- ISO/IEC 27001 - PCI DSS
• Singapore Standards
- SS 507 - DTPM
- SS 564 - CBPR
- SS 584 - PRP

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