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Day One
Welcome and Student Introductions
Introduction to the IT Industry
- Technology trends
- Historical servers, storage, network improvements
- Future trends driving the industry
- Technology uses
- Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Types of AI and their energy use
- Technology supporting infrastructure
- Data center facility types
- Electricity usage and sustainability
- Network and usage
Properties of Moist Air
- Temperature and humidity
- Enthalpy and pressure
- Psychrometric chart
- Sensible and latent heat
- Mixing of two air streams
ASHRAE and Environmental Criteria
- ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9
- ASHRAE air cooling environments
- ASHRAE air contamination guidelines
- ASHRAE liquid cooling environments
- ASHRAE liquid cooling materials and fluid quality guidelines
- ASHRAE data center standards
- ANSI / ASHRAE 90.1 and 90.4
- ANSI / ASHRAE 127 and AHRI 1360
Defining Uptime Expectations
- Standards and guidelines
- Best practices
- Mechanical system topologies
- Electrical system topologies
- Performance analysis and optimization
- Risk and availability assessment
Electrical Codes and Standards
- NFPA 70, National Electrical code
- NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the workplace
- NFPA 75, Standard for the fire Protection of Information Technology Equipment
- IEEE Std. 1100, IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment (IEEE Emerald Book)
Day Two
Data Center Architecture
- Equipment form factor and types
- Data center floor planning
- Planning a data center floor (Cold Aisle / Hot Aisle)
- Raised floor vs. non-raised floor
- IT placement
- Cabling
- Air distribution
- Air flow configurations
- CFD analysis
- Impact of AI on data center architecture
- Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
Data Hall Design Considerations
- Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR)
- ITE load
- Physical arrangement
- Uptime expectation
- Data Hall cooling
- Perimeter cooling
- Close-coupled cooling
- Liquid cooling
- Data Hall power distribution
- Remote branch circuit distribution
- Power distribution units
- Critical power distribution
Mechanical System Design
- Data Center cooling loads
- Mechanical plant equipment
- Chillers
- Heat rejection systems
- Economizers
- Performance metrics
- Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
- WUE and CUE
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
- Technologies
- Topologies
- Electrical capacity management
Day Three
Electrical System Design
- Utility service and voltage classes
- Standby power and emergency generators
- Primary power and transfer switches
IT Equipment
- IT equipment and components
- IT thermal design
- Energy Star and benchmarking
- IT interaction with the data center
- X factor reliability analysis
- Pressure, Delta T, airflow trends
- IT equipment liquid cooling
- Air-to-liquid cooling transition
- Implementations and types
- Heat capture ratio
- Resiliency considerations
Case Studies
- Tier IV with 2,400 kW IT Load (NJ)
- Conversion from existing Tier II
- Tier III with 6,400 kW IT load (CO)
- Modular data halls
- Tier III with 8,200 kW IT load (NC)
- Capacity increase after initial build
Registration Date/Time:
10/13/2026 8:00am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 10/13/2026 8:30am - 4:30pm Central Time
- 10/14/2026 8:30am - 4:30pm Central Time
- 10/15/2026 8:30am - 4:00pm Central Time
Course Location
Lodging
Accommodations include: Enjoy complimentary business center, WiFi and Local/Airport Shuttle. Each room has a refrigerator, microwave, 42-inch HDTV, and executive desk. Parking available $15/night.
Accommodations include: Your stay includes hot breakfast buffet, fitness center, business center, convenient on-site parking. Guest rooms are complete with Keurig coffee maker, refrigerator, complimentary high-speed Internet, and 40-inch, flat screen, high-def TVs.
Room: rates start at $160
Accommodations include: Complimentary WiFi, Local/Airport Shuttle, Pool, and Fitness Center.
Instructors
Mark Malkin
Program Director and Teaching Faculty
Mark P. Malkin, PE, is a program director in the Office of Interdisciplinary Professional Programs in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. He is a registered Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience in university facilities project management and HVAC systems design. His course offerings include HVAC, plumbing and fire protection fundamentals, building code reviews, and design and operation of science labs, data centers, museums and libraries. Mark received his bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from UW–Madison.
Richard Schlosser
President
Richard Schlosser, principal at TiePoint-bkm Engineering in Baltimore, Maryland, is a registered professional engineer with more than 35 years of experience designing and commissioning Tier III and Tier IV power systems for computer and computer-related facilities. He served as a technical advisor to the Site Uptime Network for more than ten years. Richard holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
Dustin Demetriou
Senior Technical Staff Member, Sustainability Data Center Innovation
Dustin W. Demetriou, PhD, is a Senior Technical Staff Member and Master Inventor at IBM where he leads the sustainability and data center innovation team. He has more than 15 years of experience focused on data center optimization and advanced electronics cooling technologies. He is an Uptime Institute Accredited Sustainability Advisor. He is the current Chair of the ASHRAE TC 9.9 IT Subcommittee, the past Chair of ASHRAE TC 9.9, and an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer
Dustin received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College, and MS and PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Syracuse University.
Stephen O'Neal
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Stephen M. O’Neal, PE, Senior Global Mechanical Engineer at Amazon Web Services in Herndon, Virginia, is a Professional Engineer with more than 10 years of experience focused on data center and critical infrastructure projects. Stephen specializes in central plant and complex expansion projects within live facilities. Stephen holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh
Program Director
Mark Malkin