Specialised Technical Course
Advanced Data Center Design and Optimization
Develop the ability to compare data centre designs through workload needs, capacity limits, power and cooling dependencies, and resilience trade-offs.
Course Overview
Examines data centre design choices and opportunities to improve capacity and efficiency. Participants review workload needs, power and cooling dependencies, and resilience trade-offs.
Who This Course Is For
- Data centre infrastructure design engineers
- Facilities and infrastructure operations specialists
- IT architects assessing capacity requirements
- Technical managers reviewing infrastructure investments
What Participants Will Learn
Define workloads and infrastructure capacity requirements
Review power and cooling design dependencies
Compare infrastructure resilience options and trade-offs
Assess efficiency evidence against service requirements
Present a justified data centre design
Key topics
- Capacity planning
- Power and cooling
- Resilience design
- Efficiency assessment
Course Modules
Back to Course OverviewWorkloads and Design Requirements
Workloads and Design Requirements
Module overview
Translate workload needs and service expectations into criteria for reviewing a data centre design.
Key topics
Capacity planning · Power and cooling · Resilience design · Efficiency assessment
Learning outcome
Define design criteria and identify information needed to assess capacity.
Learning format
Technical explanation · worked examples · design exercise
Capacity and Infrastructure Layout
Capacity and Infrastructure Layout
Module overview
Review capacity choices and the relationships between infrastructure layout, growth needs and operational access.
Key topics
Capacity allocation · Layout dependencies · Growth allowances · Operational access
Learning outcome
Explain how layout and capacity choices affect a proposed infrastructure design.
Learning format
Technical explanation · worked examples · design exercise
Power and Cooling Dependencies
Power and Cooling Dependencies
Module overview
Examine how power and cooling arrangements constrain capacity and influence infrastructure continuity.
Key topics
Power and cooling · Load assumptions · Dependency mapping · Operating limits
Learning outcome
Map power and cooling dependencies and identify unresolved design assumptions.
Learning format
Technical explanation · worked examples · design exercise
Resilience and Service Continuity
Resilience and Service Continuity
Module overview
Compare resilience options against service expectations and the dependencies that can interrupt workloads.
Key topics
Resilience design · Failure scenarios · Service continuity · Design trade-offs
Learning outcome
Compare resilience approaches and explain their implications for service continuity.
Learning format
Technical explanation · worked examples · design exercise
Efficiency Assessment and Optimisation
Efficiency Assessment and Optimisation
Module overview
Assess operating evidence and identify efficiency improvements while considering capacity and resilience requirements.
Key topics
Efficiency assessment · Operating measurements · Capacity utilisation · Improvement trade-offs
Learning outcome
Propose an efficiency improvement with explicit service and capacity considerations.
Learning format
Technical explanation · worked examples · design exercise
Practical Data Centre Design
Practical Data Centre Design
Module overview
Review a design case and present the reasoning behind capacity, efficiency and resilience choices.
Key topics
Design case study · Requirements comparison · Dependency review · Option justification
Learning outcome
Participants can compare data centre design options against workload and resilience requirements.
Learning format
Lectures, design case studies and optimisation workshop