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 built around the realities of hyperscale and colocation delivery. Each card below captures why one specific discipline benefits from the programme — with a free sample video from Cohort 01.
A normal building gives you 36 months. A hyperscaler gives you 18. DCPP teaches the planner-specific tools that compress that gap — parallel design-procurement-construction logic, FIDIC 8.4 recovery, and control milestones beyond the contractual ones.
Watch sample lectureYour hyperscaler client signs a contract with delivery penalties. Contractors will claim every gap. DCPP walks through real coordination failures — prolongation claims, civil-MEP handover gaps, and informal zone entries that turn into six-figure liabilities.
Watch sample lectureHV, MV, LV, UPS, switchgear, generators — you've sized them all. But not for a load that cannot drop for 60 seconds. DCPP walks through the grey-space electrical stack — dual-path redundancy, PUE math, and L4 load bank testing.
Watch sample lectureRack density jumped from 14 kW to 100 kW. Chillers, fans, AHUs sized for CPU workloads don't work for NVIDIA GB300. DCPP teaches the AI retrofit logic — direct-to-chip cooling, chiller count drops, and the domino effect on power infrastructure.
Watch sample lectureTowers, malls, mixed-use — you've done them. A data centre is not bigger real estate; it's a different business model. DCPP walks through hyperscale vs colocation vs wholesale, the 18-month non-negotiable target, 100 MW capacity math.
Watch sample lectureProcurement is not the last step. It runs in parallel from Day 1 — often the true critical path. DCPP shows what makes data centre procurement different — LLE lead times of 52-80 weeks, factory slot scarcity, and the Stage 2 release window.
Watch sample lecture80% of data centre failures happen in the last 20% of the project. The wall is real. DCPP breaks down L1 through L5 — factory testing, 14-day IST integration, and finish-to-start L5 logic that kills the float you thought you had.
Watch sample lectureChiller vs immersion. Generator count. Floor height. Tier level. These aren't details — they're the foundations every later stage builds on. DCPP shows what each RIBA stage must lock — Stage 2 freezes everything, Stage 4T tenders depend on it, Stage 5 IFC depends on it.
Watch sample clipZoning takes 2 months. Or 12. The difference is what you didn't ask before signing. DCPP covers what makes data centre plots different — Technical Due Diligence, Ministry of Defence approval, EIA timelines by country, and the GCC zones (TESAL, DIT, KKIA) that bypass zoning entirely.
Watch sample lectureRack density jumped from 7 kW to 100 kW in five years. AI changed the math overnight. DCPP teaches ICT engineers to design white space for what's coming — MMR sizing for AI workloads, CAT6A structured cabling, and white-to-grey space ratios that shift with every NVIDIA release.
Watch sample lectureA 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 officially accredited by 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.
Ten free sample lectures from Cohort 01 — one per discipline. The full programme picks up exactly where these leave off.
Find all sample lectures and shorts on our YouTube channel.
Visit the channelCurriculum 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.
Direct feedback from professionals who completed DCPP Cohort 01 — collected through the post-programme evaluation.
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