COURSE CATALOGUE
Data Centre, Telecom & AI Infrastructure Courses
Sixteen courses from beginner to advanced, organised in four tracks and three levels. Each course is designed around the skills that colocation providers, hyperscale cloud operators and telecom carriers look for, and combines self-paced downloadable materials with optional live online sessions.
Browse by track:
Foundation: no experience needed
Professional: some experience
Expert: experienced practitioners
TRACK 1
Data Centre Infrastructure
The physical building blocks of the data centre: white space, racks, power and cooling fundamentals, cabling and design standards.
Foundation
24 h indicative
Data Centre Technician Foundation
Your first step into the data centre: how facilities work, what technicians do every day and how to work safely and accurately on the data hall floor.
Professional
40 h indicative
Flagship
Data Centre Infrastructure Specialist
TDI’s flagship programme: a complete, vendor-neutral view of data centre infrastructure, covering power, cooling, cabling, resilience, monitoring and operations.
Expert
32 h indicative
Data Centre Design & Standards
Advanced design principles for resilient, efficient facilities, covering topics aligned with EN 50600, ISO/IEC 22237, TIA-942 and ANSI/BICSI 002.
TRACK 2
Critical Facilities & Operations
Operating and maintaining mission-critical power and cooling plant safely, from shift procedures to site leadership.
Foundation
8 h indicative
Health & Safety for Data Centre and Telecom Sites
Essential safety awareness for anyone working in data centres, exchanges, rooftops and telecom sites.
Professional
32 h indicative
Critical Power & Cooling
How UPS systems, generators, switchgear, chillers and CRAH units keep a facility running, and how to operate them safely.
Professional
32 h indicative
Data Centre Operations & Maintenance
Running a facility day to day: procedures, maintenance programmes, incident and change management, and documentation.
Expert
32 h indicative
Data Centre Operations Management
Leading data centre operations: SLAs, staffing, risk, budgets, customers and continual improvement across a site or portfolio.
TRACK 3
Fibre & Telecom Networks
From fibre termination and splicing to FTTx, DWDM, 5G transport and IP/MPLS networks run by telecom carriers.
Foundation
16 h indicative
Telecom & Network Fundamentals
The essential vocabulary, architecture and technologies of modern telecom and data networks.
Foundation
24 h indicative
Structured Cabling & Fibre Termination
Hands-on cabling skills that data centre and telecom employers ask for: copper and fibre termination, testing, labelling and documentation.
Professional
32 h indicative
Fibre Optic Networks: FTTx & DWDM
From splicing and OTDR analysis to FTTx architectures and DWDM transport, for fibre technicians and engineers.
Professional
32 h indicative
Modern Telecom Networks: 5G, Transport & IP/MPLS
How telecom carriers build today’s networks: 5G RAN and transport, optical and packet networks, IP/MPLS, timing and operations.
Expert
24 h indicative
Network Migration & Modernisation
Planning and executing the migration of legacy telecom and data centre infrastructure with minimal service disruption.
TRACK 4
AI & Future Infrastructure
High-density AI and HPC infrastructure, high-speed optical fabrics, liquid cooling and energy-efficient operations.
Professional
24 h indicative
AI Networking & High-Speed Optical Cabling
The physical layer of AI clusters: 400G/800G optics, InfiniBand and RoCE fabrics, and structured cabling for GPU pods.
Expert
32 h indicative
AI Data Centre Infrastructure: GPU, HPC & Liquid Cooling
Designing and operating high-density AI and HPC environments: 50-150 kW racks, liquid cooling, power distribution and commissioning.
Professional
16 h indicative
Sustainability & Energy Efficiency
Legal frameworks, efficiency metrics and technical measures for reducing energy and water use across data centres and telecom sites.
STARTER BUNDLE
Career Launchpad: Data Centre & Telecom Starter Bundle
A guided bundle of four Foundation courses for career starters and career changers aiming at their first role in digital infrastructure.
Included courses
- Data Centre Technician Foundation
- Health & Safety for Data Centre and Telecom Sites
- Structured Cabling & Fibre Termination
- Telecom & Network Fundamentals
- Career module: CV, interviews and your first 90 days
EVERY COURSE INCLUDES
What You Receive
All TDI courses share the same learning format.
Learning materials
- Downloadable course handbook (PDF)
- Presentation slides for each module
- Practical checklists and worksheets
Assessment & certificate
- Module quizzes to check your understanding
- Final assessment
- TDI certificate of completion
Format
Self-paced downloadable materials with optional live online sessions. Durations are indicative and depend on your prior experience and pace.
For organisations, courses can also be delivered on site or as virtual instructor-led sessions.
TDI certificates of completion are issued by TelecomDigitalInfra. They are not third-party certifications and do not imply accreditation by, or equivalence to, any external certification scheme.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Explore the career paths, or contact us and we will recommend a starting course based on your background.