Are there any other Data Center companies that are asking their Data Center Technicians (or Critical Facilities Engineer or Mission Critical Engineers) to switch in a live substation and through the MV Loop for their companies? If so, did that come with additional pay and qualifications paid for by the company? Thanks in advance!

Hey guys,

I've been working as an electrician in hospital construction for 13 years, and I'm currently just one semester away from finishing my Systems Engineering degree. A few years ago, I also took a Cisco CCNA course for a class, though I never actually paid for the cert exam.

On the electrical side, I have a ton of hands-on experience installing, troubleshooting, and doing PMs/corrective maintenance on:

LP gas, natural gas, and diesel generators

ATS (Automatic Transfer Switches)

Voltage regulators and UPS

Isolated power panels

I'm really trying to transition into data centers. Given my background, what should I study or focus on next? I already understand how critical these environments are. In ORs and ICUs, if the power fails, someone dies. In a data center, if the power fails, companies lose millions.

Any advice on certifications or specific roles (maybe Critical Facilities?) I should look into would be awesome. Thanks!

Thank you again for taking the time to speak with me and the interview team. The team found enough positive indicators to move you to next steps; however, we are currently waiting for a role to open that aligns with your specific profile. 

Deployment lead is for an established hyperscaler. Lead Hardware tech role offers break fix experience on the newest racks from day 0 to prod. Which one seems like the better career choice. The margin in pay is too small over 5 years to factor in.

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Hey, so i'm not sure which certification to go with here. Its provided by Amazon career choice and the amazon one upon completion gives you 2 comptia certs them being a+ and network+, starting amazon wage $27/hr and the 2nd one starts at $33/hr but would amazon be the better option long term?

After 5 interviewer no-shows, I finally finished all 3 rounds for the DCT position. Got an email back from my recruiter about two hours after my last interview, saying he'd like to "schedule a call to discuss the outcome". I've been going through this process for like, two months now. Does this mean a yes or no? Not exactly thrilled about having to wait four days for a fifteen minute phone call,

Looking to see if there’s any info on who to contact or even apply with to get on one of these projects.

I’m non-union BUT will go test in for it (if that’s how it works?)
12 years experience with controls. just seems like a dead end.

Im architectural student working on a project of old factory reuse and at the moment deciding on a new spatial program for this factory.

I belive data centers would be a big think in the future and would like include them into my project. Although, accordingly to the latest news: known AI companies agreed on slowing down the development, but need of compute power hasn't evaporated.

My first thought was, that one can use the heat of the data computing unit for the factory heating purposes in winter, or to maintain the tempreture on the fields of some vertical farm(a possible partial use for the factory).

So, to know wether the heat and temp. produced by data center could be of any use, it's important to know: How much heat does one Data Center actually produce and how can we use it?

Let's assume the size of one cluster is 216m2 and like 10 of them work together so 2.160m2 of area, with usual compute power(the temp. dependce on power, but I really have idea which ammount would I need, or plan for the project, it's still on an early concept stage)

Thanks for your attention and answers!

While being in the Google recruiting experience I have had my meeting rescheduled three times now after him missing the first arranged meetings by the recruiter is that normal with it it being Google ?

Hey everyone, I passed my Google Data Center Technician II interviews about 3 weeks ago and now im waiting to see if a team picks me up.

My recruiter has emailed me saying I did very well, my scores were strong, and my skillset is highly competitive. He also said people getting selected ahead of me have direct data center experience with companies like AWS, Meta, or IBM. He clarified that this was his observation and he doesnt have access to the hiring managers internal discussions.

I currently work in IT doing hardware troubleshooting, workstation deployments, networking support and some server installations, but I havent worked in an actual data center. I studied pretty hard for these interviews, so passing felt great. Waiting afterwards has been discouraging though, especially when I keep seeing postings for the same location.

I have a preferred location but recently opened up to another site too. My recruiter is still responding and says I’m actively being considered, so I know it isn’t a rejection. I just dont really know what to expect from here.
For anyone who’s been in this situation, how long did you wait after passing before getting a fit call or an offer? Did anyone get hired without previous data center experience after being passed over for other candidates?

Would appreciate hearing how it actually went for you, even if it didn’t end in an offer.

Thank you all!

Hey guys, would love some career advice.

28 year old in the DFW Area as a Data Center Technician clearing a little over $100k+ currently. I feel that I am now at a dead end path and don’t wan’t to pursue management at a Data Center and feel I am just bored at this time. I would love some advice on where I can go from here to continue growing and do more than just general break-fix and running fiber and answering tickets. I have a degree in an unrelated field as well and am open to returning to school if need be. Honestly open to anything that seems engaging and helps me continue to learn and grow.

Subject: Proposal for Sustainable AI Data Centres Using Wastewater and Waste Heat

Dear OpenAI team,

I would like to propose a sustainable data centre design that could reduce freshwater consumption, recover wasted heat and generate additional energy.

The concept is to integrate four systems:

Wastewater recycling: Treat municipal sewage and reuse the reclaimed water in data centre cooling systems.

Biogas electricity: Use anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge to generate biogas, which can produce electricity and heat.

Heat recovery: Capture excess heat from data centre servers and supply it to nearby greenhouses or agricultural facilities where practical.

Resource integration: Locate these facilities near wastewater treatment plants and farms to reduce transport costs and make better use of available resources.

The goal is to create a circular system in which wastewater becomes a cooling resource, sewage solids provide supplementary energy, and waste heat benefits local agriculture.

I believe this concept deserves a feasibility study, particularly in water-stressed regions such as South Africa.

Thank you for considering this proposal.

Kind regards,

An interested member of the public

Are they really that bad or most people just fear mongering atp.

Like I really wanna work in a data center after I graduate high school

I was thinking of doing the Official Cisco CCST Networking exam as a way to make me stand out during the application process I currently work at a switchgear company as an engineering fitter apprentice where we install and assemble many different switch boards, panel boards, LV switch boards etc which already ties into data centre’s but I just want to gain more knowledge. Please lmk if it’s a good certificate to get and if there are any better suited ones

I know there are numerous companies but if I plan to move to Chicago I want to know if equinix is a good option.

I might most likely work at Equinix CH1

Ngl I might work here. Heard they pay a lot

Hey all, I recently graduated high school, went into community college for something else, ended up not liking it and quickly dropped the classes. Now i’m looking at what’s next, but I realized my local community college has a 2 semester certificate program for DCT, anybody have experience with programs like this? Is it even remotely worth it or get me anything close to a DCT job? Thanks!

I see a lot of reviews on culture from data center technicians, but what about the roles on site at data centers that work / oversee the general contractors building the data centers. How is the Google culture in that regard, same work life balance and great perks?

I want to buy a 10 acre Land and Lease to a data. Center whats all the expenses and How much would i be making in this and what state should i buy! Thanks for the Suggestions.

First post here. Saw a statistic from Uptime Institute saying the following:

53% of data center operators say they cannot find qualified candidates for open roles.

That number smells a bit off to me, but I'm curious if people here had any insight. Do you think it's just that people don't want to fill open roles because the salary is too low? Or there's a desire for expertise handing complicated AI hardware that people have less experience with?

Would love any insights that people have on this, first-hand or otherwise. I'd link the research, but it's downloadable media that I don't think I can redistribute. It's from the 2026 Global Data Center Survey. Thanks!