Certified Data Center Professional - CDCP® (exam incl.) (English)

The CDCP course at Vijfhart is an intensive data center training that gives you all the essential knowledge to design, manage, and optimize data centers. Over two days, you gain a complete overview of infrastructure and processes, with a strong focus on practical application and preparation for the official CDCP exam. The course was developed by EPI, the global authority on data center services such as audits, certifications, and consulting. In the Netherlands, EPI courses are exclusively available via Vijfhart.

During the course, you explore the key aspects of data center infrastructure. You learn how to distinguish different types of data centers and assess their impact on business continuity. The training also covers international standards and compliance requirements, site selection criteria, construction guidelines, and supporting facilities for building a resilient data center. Topics include power distribution and redundancy, UPS systems, microgrids, transformers, and batteries. You discover how to apply load management and grounding, and how raised floors and suspended ceilings contribute to optimal airflow and cooling.

Lighting and emergency lighting are discussed not only in terms of safety but also energy efficiency. You get to know EMF sources and shielding techniques, fire protection systems, and access control. The course also explores AI-driven cooling, liquid cooling, containment, and Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STER). For network and cabling design, you work with redundancy solutions and TIA-942 topologies. Monitoring is another key topic, including BMS, DCIM, EMS, water leak detection, and alarm panels, tools that help you detect and resolve issues early.

Through practical case studies, you apply these concepts in realistic scenarios: designing redundant power systems, optimizing airflow with raised floors, implementing fire suppression systems, or securing physical access. The course equips you with the skills to manage existing data center environments effectively and to anticipate future technological developments.

Certification

On the final day, you take the official CDCP exam from EXIN. The internationally recognized CDCP certification confirms expertise in managing mission-critical data centers and is valid for three years. For those attending the course online or unable to be present on the final day, an exam voucher is provided to take the test online at a convenient time. Exam costs are included in the course fee.

This course is guaranteed to run.

Objectives

After completing the course, you will be able to design, manage, and optimize data centers in line with international standards. Upon successfully passing the exam, you earn the CDCP certification.

Target audience

This course is designed for anyone working in or around data centers who is responsible for maintaining and improving their availability and manageability. That includes data center specialists, facility managers, system and network administrators, infrastructure architects, project managers, and technical consultants.

Requirements

There is no prior knowledge required.

Particularities

This course is delivered in collaboration with one of our partners. The material for this course is provided in a secure PDF and is personal. To open this file, the javelin reader must be installed. Please note: this cannot be installed on some work systems due to security. Advice: bring a laptop/tablet without restrictions to the course.

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Topics

The mission critical site
Data centre standards
Data centre location, building and construction
Raised access flooring and suspended ceiling
Light
Power infrastructure
Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF)

Equipment racks
Cooling Infrastructure
Water supply
Designing a scalable network infrastructure
Fire protection
Physical security and safety
Auxiliary Systems

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The mission critical site
- Business organization
- Types of data centres
- Importance of a data centre
- Elements of data centre
- Causes of unavailability
Data centre standards
- Standards and guidelines
- Standards for sub-components
- International vs. national standards
Data centre location, building and construction
- Criteria for selecting site location the data centre location
- Criteria for facility
- Supporting facilities and function
Raised access flooring and suspended ceiling
- Standards
- Types of raised floors
- Loading factors
- General guidelines
- Grounding
- Ramp and landing platform
- Suspended ceiling
- Raised floor and suspended ceiling impact on cooling
Light
- Measurements of light
- Standards
- Connecting and positioning of light fixtures
- Emergency light
- Types of emergency light
Power infrastructure
- Sustainability
- Microgrid
- Transformers
- Generators
- Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) and Static Transfer Switch (STS)
- Power redundancy levels and techniques
- Power distribution / Busbar trunking
- Single phase and three phase power
- Grounding and bonding
- Isolation transformer
- PDU form factors
- Ingress Protection (IP) grades
- Power quality parameters
- Power sizing
- High Performance Computing
- UPS systems
- UPS parallel configurations
- Batteries
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
- Thermographic scanning
Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF)
- Types of EMF
- Units of measurements
- Standards and best practices
- Sources of EMF
- Shielding

Equipment racks
- Standards
- Dimensions
- Types of racks
- Security
- Power strips / rails
Cooling Infrastructure
- Cooling principles
- Temperature and humidity
- Types of cooling systems
- Raised oor cooling
- Non-raised oor cooling
- Supplemental cooling
- Containment
- Liquid cooling
- Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STER)
Water supply
- Importance of water
- Backup water supply
Designing a scalable network infrastructure
- Importance network cabling infrastructure
- Planning considerations
- Copper cabling
- Fibre cabling
- TIA-942 cabling system topology
- Testing and verification of cabling system
- Redundancy
- Site-to-site connectivity
Fire protection
- Common causes of fire
- Requirements for fire suppression systems
- Standards
- Fire detection systems
- Water based fire suppression systems
- Gas-based fire suppression systems
- Classes of fire
- Best practices
- Handheld fire extinguishers
- Requirements for signage and safety
- Regulatory requirements
Physical security and safety
- Components for physical security
- Components for physical safety
Auxiliary Systems
- Monitoring challenges
- Monitoring requirements
- Environmental Monitoring System (EMS)
- Building Management System (BMS)
- Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
- Water leak detection
- Alarm panels
- Notification
- Best practices

Schedule & Price

* * This course event is guaranteed to run.
*Een cursus met valt onder de actie Summer Academy.

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