AI & Future Infrastructure
Professional
16 h indicative
COURSE OVERVIEW
Sustainability & Energy Efficiency
Legal frameworks, efficiency metrics and technical measures for reducing energy and water use across data centres and telecom sites.
Overview
Rising energy costs, stricter regulation and AI-driven growth are reshaping the responsibilities of infrastructure teams. This course covers the regulatory context, efficiency metrics such as PUE, energy management systems and technical measures including heat reuse, with topics aligned with the key-performance-indicator parts of EN 50600.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Outline the regulatory and reporting landscape for energy use in Europe
- Calculate and interpret efficiency metrics such as PUE and WUE
- Establish energy measurement, monitoring and reporting
- Evaluate technical options for power, cooling and IT efficiency
- Assess heat reuse and renewable energy options
- Develop an efficiency improvement roadmap
Module Outline
- Module 1: Sustainability context and regulation
- Module 2: Efficiency metrics and KPIs
- Module 3: Energy measurement and reporting
- Module 4: Cooling optimisation and free cooling
- Module 5: Power-chain efficiency
- Module 6: IT load, utilisation and AI growth
- Module 7: Heat reuse, renewables and water
- Module 8: Energy management systems and improvement roadmaps
The module outline is indicative and may be refined as materials are updated.
At a Glance
Track: AI & Future Infrastructure
Level: Professional
Duration: approx. 16 hours (indicative)
Format: Self-paced downloadable materials with optional live online sessions
Assessment: module quizzes and a final assessment
Award: TDI certificate of completion
What’s Included
- Downloadable course handbook (PDF)
- Presentation slides for each module
- Practical checklists and worksheets
- Module quizzes to check your understanding
- Final assessment
- TDI certificate of completion
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Who It’s For
- Data centre and facility managers
- Energy, sustainability and compliance officers
- Engineers responsible for telecom sites
Prerequisites
A general understanding of data centre or telecom infrastructure; a Foundation course is recommended.
Career Roles It Supports
- Energy and sustainability manager
- Facility manager
- Operations engineer
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