Data Centre Cooling, BMS and DCIM

HVAC, mechanical, controls and facilities engineers moving into data centres, and data centre technicians who want to understand the cooling and BMS behind their daily work. Basic HVAC knowledge is assumed.

That course covers the electrical side: power paths, UPS, generators and electrical studies. This one covers cooling, BMS, DCIM and sustainability. Together they cover the two halves of data centre infrastructure.

Yes. A full module covers direct-to-chip cold plates, CDUs, rear-door heat exchangers and single- and two-phase immersion, with the flow calculations.

About 3.8 hours of video lessons across eight teaching modules, plus the notes, practice questions, the final assessment and an optional project of around 10 hours. At a few hours a week it fits into three to four weeks.

You prepare a colocation data hall in Singapore for five 80 kW liquid-cooled AI racks: a cooling design basis, a BMS points list and alarm list, an integrated cooling acceptance test, and a capacity and efficiency report. A worked sample pack shows each document.

No. The course explains what they do and how they are designed; the exercises use a spreadsheet.

Yes. Every module, the notes, the project and the final assessment. The only paid item is the certificate, if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a number anyone can verify on our site. It is not a vendor or Uptime Institute certification, and EDWartens is not affiliated with either.

No. The lab is optional practice. You can skip it whenever you like, and it never blocks your progress, the final assessment or your certificate.

Yes. Every lab level for this course opens in your browser, free, with nothing to install.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹599 including GST for this intermediate course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.

The Data Centre Cooling, BMS and DCIM course has 9 modules. It opens with "How a data centre is cooled", goes through "CRAC, CRAH and chilled water", "Liquid and immersion cooling for AI", "BMS for data centres" and "Sustainability, and what comes next" and ends with "Final Assessment". The full list with minutes is under "What you learn" on this page.

After the Data Centre Cooling, BMS and DCIM course: Trace the heat path and calculate the airflow and water flow a load needs; Compare CRAC and CRAH units, containment options and air- and water-cooled plant; Explain economisers and calculate chiller COP and kW per ton. These are the practical outcomes the course is written around, and the final assessment of 15 questions checks them.

For the Data Centre Cooling, BMS and DCIM course, software: None required. A spreadsheet for the calculations. Hardware: none. The course itself is free.

Data Centre Cooling, BMS and DCIM is rated intermediate. Intermediate. You should know basic HVAC or building services: temperature, airflow, heat and power. No data centre experience is needed. It is written for HVAC, BMS and facility engineers working in or moving into data centres, and has 2h 42m of video lessons at your own pace.

Skills from the Data Centre Cooling, BMS and DCIM course (for example: trace the heat path and calculate the airflow and water flow a load needs) are used in data centre facilities engineer work. The course gives you practical evidence of the skill; it does not promise a job, and employers decide on experience and interview.