Online: DCD - Online Data Centre Design Certificate Course
Upcoming Courses: This is a Flexible, Online, and On-Demand Course delivery, which allows you to learn in your own time, be it the evenings, during the day or at the weekends.
This Capitoline course is a flexible 21-hour course that focuses on the best practices specification, sizing and design of computer rooms and data centres.
You will learn how to Design and layout your Data Centre in the most energy efficient way.
Every two weeks, somewhere in the world, a major data centre suffers a major breakdown and loss of availability with an average downtime of 16 hours.
Course Content
- Introduction, including understanding Tier definitions and associated costs. TIA 942, ASHRAE and other Standards
- The ‘Green Agenda’. Metrics for measuring data centre energy efficiency
- Sizing and defining the right data centre space
- Specifying raised access floors
- Optimising room layouts including hot aisle/cold aisle formats
- Sizing and designing a resilient power supply system including UPS and generator selection. N, N+1 and 2N models
- IT grade earthing, grounding and bonding
- Sizing and designing air conditioning plus modern low energy options
- Fire detection and suppression techniques appropriate to data centres
- Building Management and Physical Security requirements
- Data cable selection, copper and fibre, and ideal interconnect models
On completion of this online course you will receive a Data Centre Design Certificate certified By Capitoline Training.

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Wood Communications have a purpose built modern training facility, which can successfully deliver a comprehensive range of Certified training and tailor-made product introduction courses.
Our level of training caters for all subject areas including Fibre, Copper Cat5e/6/6a, Wireless, Data Centre, Portable Appliance Testing & IP CCTV. Everything from “how to install Cat6a structured cabling” through to advanced networking and electrical testing, our portfolio of courses is virtually unlimited.
Wood Communications have provided training for many clients over the years from household names such as Eir, Virgin Media, Three Mobile, Vodafone, An Garda Siochana, Irish Rail, Interxion, Google, Apple and lots more.
To arrange onsite training please call: +353 (0) 1 426 4000

How about another area?
Other Areas we specialise in

Structured Cablng
These courses are designed to give delegates either a recognised qualification or a 1 day introduction in Cat5e, Cat6 or Cat6a structured cabling.

BICSI RCDD
The Registered Communications Distribution Designer Course (RCDD) is to gain advanced understanding of telecommunication systems.

Wireless / IP CCTV
If you are a sales personnel who wants to find out more information on how wireless can benefit the end user then a course at Wood Communications Ltd is ideal for you.

Data Centre Design
With our partners Capitoline offer data centre training that focuses on the best practices and specifications for working in a data centre environment.
What our Customers Say…
“The course has empowered with the knowledge to confidently ask the questions, comprehend and challenge the answers.”
John TaylorEDF Energy“Very informative, good detail and relevant with up to date content.”
Anthony McNamaraESB Electricity“Excellent course for an introduction to data centre design, course notes excellent as a reference and the course solidified a lot of pockets of information gathered over the years.”
K J HamillAlltec Fibre Ltd.