EPI ®

EPI ® specialises in data centre training and related services. Its training subjects include facility design, operations, maintenance, governance and risk. This area brings together technical infrastructure and operational discipline: power, cooling, physical security and maintenance decisions all influence the availability of the services hosted in a data centre.

A learning path in this field can help facilities teams, IT managers and technical project staff understand how the different parts of a site interact. It also provides a basis for discussing capacity, resilience and the responsibilities involved in day-to-day operation. The appropriate course depends on whether the learner works on design, implementation, management or assessment. Developing a whole-facility understanding is important because improving one component in isolation does not necessarily improve the reliability of the complete environment.