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The Data Center Engineer's
Complete Reference

From first shift to principal engineer. Every system in the building, explained the way an engineer explains it to another engineer — plus the career guide and 30 scenario drills that turn knowledge into promotions.

What's inside

33 CHAPTERS · 5 APPENDICES

PART I–II

Foundations & Power

How the industry works, tiers and standards, the economics — then grid to rack: HV, switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, redundancy topologies.

PART III

Cooling

Air, liquid, and the AI-density transition. CRAH to chip-level, containment, PUE/WUE, and what "liquid ready" actually means.

PART IV

Operations

Commissioning, preventive maintenance, incident command, change management (MOPs done right), monitoring, fire, physical and OT security.

PART V–VI

Leadership & Advanced

Building teams, SLAs, compliance, sustainability, disaster recovery, decommissioning, automation and AI in operations.

PART VII

Practical Reference

30 scenario-based drills, the career guide, and quick-reference tables you'll actually use on shift.

APPENDICES

The Toolkits

EN 50600 matrix, Uptime tier summary, country electrical-code comparison, sample PM schedules, sample IST scripts.

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