DCPP is the first specialised certificate dedicated to data centre planning. Built for engineers entering critical infrastructure, structured around real hyperscale delivery, and recognised across the region and beyond.
DCPP is open to engineers across construction, infrastructure, and project management. Whether you are responsible for schedule, scope, procurement, or delivery, the programme builds a shared planning vocabulary for data centre projects.
Schedulers, planners, and controls professionals seeking critical infrastructure specialisation. Three or more years of construction experience.
Experienced PMs transitioning into hyperscale and colocation programmes.
Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers entering critical infrastructure delivery.
Investors, developers, and data centre executives navigating asset, portfolio, and capability decisions.
A structured progression from feasibility through to handover. Every module grounded in real hyperscale project documents, not generic industry summaries.
Land selection and technical due diligence. Stage gates S1 through S4T. The dual-track relationship between design and authorities — from feasibility through handover.
End-to-end procurement scope. Long-lead equipment governance, contracting strategy, vendor packaging, and procurement integration with the master schedule.
Construction phases — early works, enabling, shell & core, MEP. Grey space and white space delivery logic. Phased data hall release and critical path discipline.
Level 2 pre-commissioning through Level 5 ISAT to TOC. Witness regimes, IST sequencing, and owner acceptance protocols.
Detailed module breakdowns, learning outcomes, faculty credentials, and Cohort 02 logistics — in one PDF.
Sessions scheduled to accommodate professionals across GCC and wider EMEA time zones. Maintaining the rhythm of a working week.
Sundays in the GCC time zone. Two-hour sessions that fit between work and family. Recordings made available for participants who cannot attend live, with a private Drive folder for each cohort.
Read, structure, and challenge a data centre programme baseline with confidence.
Identify long-lead equipment risks and their schedule implications before they become critical.
Sequence grey space and white space delivery in alignment with commissioning logic.
Govern the L2 to L5 commissioning pathway through to handover.
Engage authorities and utilities along the critical path with planning clarity.
Translate hyperscale planning discipline into their own organisational context.
DCPP is under accreditation with the CPD Standards Office (United Kingdom), Provider No. 23161. The 16 CPD hours can be logged toward annual professional body requirements across engineering, construction, and project management.
Each participant receives a Certificate of Completion awarded by Alba DC Hub, recognising specialised study in data centre planning. Structured CPD across four modules. Awarded on completion. Recognised across the region and beyond.
Full accreditation detailsProvider No. 23161 · Verify on CPDSO directory
Hyperscale data centre portfolio experience exceeding 2 GW. Active delivery footprint spanning UAE, KSA, Italy, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Greece, and Iraq. Practitioner-led, grounded in current delivery, not academic-only.
Compressed a Madrid permit cycle by 50%. Secured a high-capacity grid connection 12 months ahead of schedule in Milan. Achieved Day 1 construction 6 months early in the UAE. The discipline taught in DCPP is the discipline behind these outcomes.
Curriculum grounded in real project documents. Not generic industry summaries.
Active delivery experience across the GCC, Europe, and the wider region.
Regional relevance combined with international standards and benchmarks.
Practitioner-led, not academic-only. Grounded in current delivery.
No. While planning is in the name, DCPP is structured for a broader audience — planning and project controls engineers, project managers, MEP engineers, and real estate or data centre executives. The shared language is critical infrastructure delivery, not a specific job title.
No. MEP and civil engineers are welcome, and the curriculum is designed to translate across disciplines. Participants from procurement, project controls, development, and executive backgrounds find the material directly applicable to their work.
No. DCPP teaches the planning discipline — the logic, sequencing, and structure behind a data centre programme. The tool you use to express that logic, whether P6, MS Project, or anything else, is secondary. Participants without P6 experience follow the programme without difficulty.
No. DCPP is designed for engineers entering critical infrastructure. The programme builds from first principles, then layers in the discipline that hyperscale and colocation projects demand. Prior data centre experience helps, but it is not a prerequisite.
Yes. The curriculum is grounded in real hyperscale project artefacts — schedules, procurement strategies, commissioning logs, and design documents from live delivery. Not generic industry summaries. Sessions are led by a practitioner currently delivering a 2 GW+ data centre portfolio.
31 May 2026 start. Eight Sunday evenings. Reserve your seat below — limited allocation to preserve interaction quality.
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