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CDCE® - Certified Data Centre Expert
Training as CDCE® - Certified Data Centre Expert

CDCE® - Certified Data Centre Expert
The CDCE training is the highest level in the EPI design and build (furnishing and architecture) curriculum in the EPI Data Centre Training Framework. Participants must have a valid CDCS certificate to sign up for the CDCE training.
Certified Data Centre Expert: What awaits you in this course
The course deals with product reviews, among other things, and shows how to select devices and develop device tests (IET) as well as integrated performance and validation tests (IPVT). CDCE builds on the knowledge you have acquired in the CDCP and CDCS courses. If you pass the exam, join the elite of the industry's data center project design experts.
After you have completed the CDCE training, you will be able to:
- Choosing the optimal location for mission-critical data centers, taking into account current and future needs.
- To identify components that are essential for a highly available data center and effectively set it up.
- Analyze the requirements of enterprises to create a project plan that ideally meets the requirements in the area of resilience, location selection and requirements with regard to the development of a business-critical data center.
- Understand diagrams and planning documents and the .
- Develop various tests such as device test scripts (IET) and performance and validation testing (IPVT) for a mission-critical data centerentwickeln.
- evaluate product data sheets and to distinguish them with regard to their technical specifications and functional requirements.
- To summarize guidelines and checklists for the handover of a mission-critical data center, including their architectural, mechanical, electrical components and all IT elements
- And much more.
The target group for CDCE certification
The main target group for this course are executives, project managers, operators and consultants of data centers,
This can be waited for you at the exam
The Certified Data Centre Expert multiple-choice exam consists of two parts: Part A is a 90-minute exam with 60 multiple choice questions. Part A requires at least 45 correct answers to pass the exam. Part B takes 90 minutes and includes 25 open questions. For Part B you need at least 75 percent correct answers
Once you have completed the exam successfully, you will receive the internationally recognised Certified Data Centre Expert Certificate (CDCE).
The CDCE certificate is also valid for three years, after which a recertification is required. The available options can be found in the EPI Recertification Program.
Recognised accreditation of the training
Like the certificates for the Certified Data Centre Professional and the Certified Data Specialist, the CDCE certificate is accredited by EXIN worldwide.
CDCP® - Certified Data Centre Professional
Training as a Certified Data Centre Professional

This is what you can expect in this course
The Certified Data Centre Professional Training is the basic training in the "EPI Design and Build (Fitting and Architecture)" curriculum under the EPI Data Centre Training Framework. You do not need any special requirements for this training – however, one to two years of professional experience in the data center is an advantage.
If you successfully complete the further education and the exam, you are able to:
- Determining the optimal location for a business-critical data center.
- To evaluate and select the right components for a highly available data center.
- Identify and apply the industry standards.
- Cost-effective and reliable solutions for uninterrupted power supply, fire protection, air conditioning, cable systems and more.
- Optimize the cooling system based on existing and new technologies in order to meet the increasing demands of the future.
- Set up effective data center monitoring to react quickly through transparency and provide decision-making aids through appropriate reporting
- Use technical and processional security measures that protect valuable and sensitive corporate data in the data center.
- And much more.
The target group for CDCP certification
This basic course is responsible for any IT or data center staff who works inside and outside a data center for the improvement, availability and management of the data center. Personnel of architects, consultants and suppliers for data centers also generate a competitive advantage with data center-specific knowledge. They are responsible for achieving and improving the high availability and manageability of the data center.
This can be waited for you at the exam
The Certified Data Centre Professional multiple-choice exam lasts 60 minutes and consists of 40 questions. The test is considered to have been passed if at least 27 of the 40 questions are answered correctly by the TN. The participants who have successfully completed the exam will receive the internationally recognised Certified Data Centre Professional Certificate (CDCP).
The CDCP certificate is valid for three years, after which a recertification or further qualification is required. The available options can be found in the EPI Recertification Program.
Recognised accreditation of the training
Our training courses are accredited worldwide by EXIN: The global and independent non-profit company certified further education and training for IT and data studies in more than 165 countries.
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In 10 days to the “Certified Data Centre Expert”!
In the field of architecture, construction & furnishing of data centers, we offer the following three seminars to deepen the data center knowledge:
- Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP)
- Certified Data Centre Specialist (CDCS)
- Certified Data Centre Expert (CDCE)
CDCP® – Certified Data Centre Professional
The CDCP® course is a two-day course in which participants deal with the key components of a data center to understand the interactions of the trades or the complexity of a data center. The participants acquire complementary know-how in dealing with the most important areas such as Energy supply, cooling, wiring, lighting, fire protection, etc., for your activities in a high-availability data center of the future.
CDCS® – Certified Data Centre Specialist
The 3-day course enables participants to review, evaluate and improve existing data center facilities, and monitor the correct implementation of new data center facilities. This course includes a variety of engineering level calculations and enables participants to verify the accuracy of the proposed solutions. The participant also learns methods for calculating e.g. Battery autonomy time, fire protection gas, EMF shielding factors and CFM / CMH.
CDCE® – Certified Data Centre Expert
The 5-day CDCE course is aimed at specialists and managers with the aim of completing their qualifications as a data center expert. CDCE® prepares participants to implement a project that includes the scope, planning, design, implementation or migration of a high-availability data center to the highest level of redundancy. Participants who pass the exam are among the data center experts. The CDCE® certificate is viewed very highly in the international data center market.
DCFC® – Data Centre Foundation Certificate
The DCFC® course is a two-day course in which participants deal with the key components of a data center to understand the interactions of the trades or the complexity of a data center. The participants acquire complementary know-how in dealing with the most important areas such as Energy supply, cooling, cabling, lighting, fire protection, etc., for their activities in a high-availability data center of the future.
Take the opportunity and educate yourself with our seminars on the data center project design experts. Do you have questions about the training? Contact us – we will be happy to help you.
Data Centre Career Planning Tool (DCPT)
With the Data Centre Career Planning Tool (EPI-DCTP), understand – which competencies are important to which role – Create a strong data center team.
Find the right course for your data center career!
With the Data Centre Career Planning Tool (DCPT), you can quickly and easily discover which qualifications and training are ideal for your role in the data center – whether specialist, manager, freelancer or service partner.
Start your personal career planning now and strengthen your position in the market!

Data Centre Career Planning Tool (DCPT): Competent staff for a reliable data center
Whether specialists or executives, whether employees, freelancers or external service staff. The following applies to all data center participants: High compliance leads to lower probability of failure!
DCTP supports you both in the further qualification of your employees and in the search for new employees. A team in which each role is competently filled in and the team members complement each other is crucial for the economics of a data center. With the Data Centre Career Planning Tool, you are able to align your employees / teams with the company's goals and them for the market – the best conditions for a highly available data center with minimal downtime.
The DCTP actively supports personnel development
RZ Human-Ressources:
- Employee selection
- MA Potential Analysis
- Preparation at employee interviews
- Formulation of target agreements
- Formulation of job descriptions
- Development of employee skills according to company goals
- Skills assessment
- Creation of training plans and skills management
RZ executives:
- Building expertise, compliance and methodological skills
- Development of employee skills according to company goals
- MA Potential Analysis
- Preparation at employee interviews
- Formulation of target agreements
- Employee retention by satisfied employees
RZ-Fachkräfte & Freelancer:
- Build a competitive advantage, strengthen its position at its customer
- Building expertise, compliance and methodological skills
- Certification of one's own competences
- International recognition through worldwide certification
External service staff:
- Strengthening position at the customer
- Advantage of new customer acquisition in the data center sector
- Building expertise, compliance and methodological skills
Benefit from the benefits of the Data Centre Career Planning tool!
P.S. (You do not need a “Validation Code” for your registering of the DCPT!)
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