DCE academy – Training for data centers
Data centers are built to standards.So are the experts behind them.
Since 2007, DCE academy has trained professionals for the planning, construction, and operation of data centers to EN 50600 and ISO/IEC 22237: vendor-neutral, with trainers who have real project experience.
Why standards-based training
Data centers must be available, secure, and energy-efficient, regardless of their size and purpose.
EN 50600 is the common benchmark for owners, planners, installers, operators, and auditors.
Three reasons to learn this benchmark systematically.
People in operation
Most incidents are caused by human action. EN 50600-3-1 therefore provides for the qualification of personnel.
No apprenticeship
There is no degree program and no apprenticeship for data centers. The standard gives career changers a framework and a way to prove their qualification.
Requirements change
Legislators and standards bodies develop them continuously. Those who know them in advance avoid retrofitting under time pressure.
Standards
From EN 50600 to ISO/IEC 22237
DCE academy seminars follow the structure of this series: general concepts, design of the technical disciplines, operation, and key performance indicators.
What applies today
EN 50600
The first European series of standards for data centers: design, operation and management, and key performance indicators for energy-efficient operation, with classes for availability, physical security, and energy efficiency.
ISO/IEC 22237
ISO and IEC carry the content forward as an international series of standards. Part by part, the European standard becomes an international one.
Reporting obligation
The German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) refers to EN 50600 for data center key performance indicators. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 requires operators with an IT energy demand of 500 kilowatts or more to report annually; the methodology comes from EN 50600-4-x.
- seminars
- 4
- seminar days
- 18
- certificatecertificate validity
- 3 years
Data Center Specialist training path
Four stages to becoming a data center professional
Four seminars that build on each other, each with an exam. After passing the fourth exam, you receive the Data Center Specialist certificate, valid for three years and publicly verifiable.
- 013 days
Data Center – General Principles
3 days
All disciplines in a single overview, the structure of EN 50600, and the key performance indicators used to assess a data center.
- 025 days
Data Center Design & Implementation
5 days
From risk analysis through Availability and Protection Classes to commissioning, with the assessment of real plans.
- 035 days
Data Center Operations – Professional
5 days
Operation and management according to EN 50600‑3‑1, resilience as a measurable key performance indicator, with a simulation of service management.
- 045 days
Deep Dive – Power Supply & Cooling
5 days
Power supply from medium voltage to the UPS, cooling generation and cooling load balance, metering, and PUE.
Next start: 19–21 Oct 2026, online
Seminar program
All DCE academy seminars
In-person seminars, live webinars, and video courses cover the same content at the same price; you choose the format when you register.
Training path 1/4
DC-21001Data Center – General Principles
3 days · In person · Live webinar · Video course
Next date: 19–21 Oct 2026, onlinePrice plus VAT: €4,195Training path 2/4
DC-21002Data Center Design & Implementation
according to EN 50600 and ISO/IEC 22237
5 days · In person · Live webinar
Next date: 23–27 Nov 2026, onlinePrice plus VAT: €6,990Training path 3/4
DC-21003Data Center Operations – Professional
5 days · In person · Live webinar
Next date: 16–20 Nov 2026, onlinePrice plus VAT: €6,990Training path 4/4
DC-21004Deep Dive – Power Supply & Cooling
according to EN 50600
5 days · In person · Live webinar
Next date: 23–27 Nov 2026, onlinePrice plus VAT: €6,990- DC-21006
Data Center Migration
moving IT from an existing facility to a new build
5 days · In person
Next date: 2–6 Nov 2026, Munich · GermanPrice plus VAT: €6,990 - DC-21008
Data Center Sustainability & Efficiency
5 days · In person
Next date: 7–11 Jun 2027, Munich · GermanPrice plus VAT: €6,990 - DC-21009
Update – EN 50600 and ISO/IEC 22237‑x
1 day · In person or live webinar by arrangement
Next date: Date on requestPrice plus VAT: €2,795 - DC-21010
Energy Management According to ISO 50001
for data centers under Section 12 EnEfG
3 days · In person
Next date: 8–10 Dec 2026, Frankfurt am Main · GermanPrice plus VAT: €4,195 New in the program
DC-21011Liquid Cooling, DC Power and High-Bandwidth Cabling
3 days · In person
Next date: 1–3 Dec 2026, Munich · GermanPrice plus VAT: €4,195- DCS-23001
Data Center Passport
1 day · Live webinar
Next date: 4 Dec 2026, online · GermanPrice plus VAT: €990
All prices plus VAT; the same price applies in every format.
All dates
Certificates and credentials
A credential that clients and auditors can recognize
Every seminar ends with an exam. You receive the exam link by email after the seminar and have one week to complete it; the exam is the same in every format.
Seminar certificate
For every exam passed; does not expire.
Data Center Specialist
After the four exams of the training path, valid for three years. The seminar Update – EN 50600 and ISO/IEC 22237-x renews it for another three years, even after it has expired.
Verification
Every certificate can be verified publicly. You will find your certificates and seminar materials in DCE Campus.
DCE academy
Your partner for verifiable qualifications
Since 2007, DCE academy GmbH has trained professionals for the planning, construction, and operation of data centers to EN 50600 and ISO/IEC 22237.
Vendor-neutral
DCE academy does not sell products and does not represent any manufacturer.
Trainers with real project experience
Our trainers know their subject from their own data center projects.
Three formats, two languages
In person, live webinar, and video course, in German and in English.
Frankfurt am Main and Munich
In-person seminars take place in Frankfurt am Main and in Munich; you can attend live webinars and video courses from anywhere.
Member of the German Datacenter Association. Clients of DCE academy include Volkswagen Financial Services, SAP, Schwarz Digits, BWI, and the Swiss Armed Forces.
For companies
Training with a clear structure for teams and sites.
Companies train entire teams with DCE academy, at one site or at many, with one contact person from the initial needs assessment to the booking.
Which teams
Operations staff from facility management and IT, planning and project management, sales, and employees without a technical background who work with the data center: HR, procurement, on-site service providers.
Training path or individual seminars
The training path brings a team to the same level of knowledge in 18 seminar days, from facility management to IT. You put together individual seminars according to the tasks of your team.
The same training at every site
In-person seminars in Frankfurt am Main or Munich, live webinars, and video courses cover the same content at the same price, with the same exam, in German and in English.
Proof for clients and auditors
Every seminar ends with an exam, and every certificate can be verified publicly. You can prove the qualifications of your employees without submitting copies.
Consultation and in-house training
Thomas Wawra coordinates seminars, sequence, and dates with you. For larger groups, we also deliver seminars as in-house training.
