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  • Electrical Layout and Design of Data Centers and Server Farms

    Credits: 3 PDH

    PDH Course Description:

    This professional development course offers a comprehensive examination of the electrical design principles, regulatory standards, and engineering methodologies essential to data center and server farm infrastructure. With growing demand for high-availability computing and resilient IT services, electrical engineers must apply robust power distribution strategies, redundant supply architectures, and effective energy management systems. 

    This course covers load estimation, backup power solutions, Tier-based redundancy models, grounding and bonding strategies, and monitoring system integration, all framed within the context of prevailing industry codes such as NEC, IEEE, and TIA-942. Participants will gain actionable design knowledge applicable to new builds, retrofits, and scalable modular data centers.

    Topics:

    Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

    • Analyze electrical requirements for various classes of data centers
    • Design compliant and redundant power architectures for high-availability environments
    • Integrate UPS, generators, and PDUs into cohesive electrical layouts
    • Apply grounding and bonding best practices for EMI mitigation
    • Perform load calculations based on power density and future scalability
    • Ensure compliance with NEC, IEEE, and TIA standards
    • Integrate SCADA and BMS for continuous monitoring and energy optimization
    • Evaluate sustainable and modular design solutions for evolving data infrastructure

    To take this course:

    1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
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    2.) Study: Once enrolled, click below to begin the course:

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    3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.

    Take the final exam

    4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.

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    Intended Audience: This course is intended for electrical engineers, power systems engineers, and related professionals involved in the planning, design, or maintenance of data center and server farm infrastructure. It is also relevant for building services engineers, project managers, and consultants working in high-availability environments who need to apply industry standards and best practices in electrical design and energy resilience. 
    Publication Source: Cadistics Courseware

    Donald Parnell, PE

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