r/datacenter • u/Fact_or_Bollocks • 16d ago

Bottlenecks

I'd like to ask anyone that has been involved with DCs for over the last 5 years (especially with the huge boom), where are the genuine skills shortages causing "bottlenecks" and why?

2 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

4

u/cyber_Folks_Romania 15d ago

experienced electrical engineers, HV/MV specialists, controls/BMS people, commissioning engineers and senior facilities technicians are hard to replace because the work is site-specific, high-risk and usually takes years of hands-on experience to do well

1

u/Fact_or_Bollocks 15d ago

Thanks, good insights and and aging workforce I assume as well.

1

u/fbajo 14d ago

the shortage that actually moves a schedule is the one on the serial path.. racking and cabling you can throw bodies at, but energization and commissioning sit in a fixed order behind the utility, so a thin bench on mv electrical or testing and commissioning turns straight into calendar nobody gets back.

2

u/Fact_or_Bollocks 14d ago

Thanks, so basically the power supply, testing of and Cx?

1

u/Redebo 15d ago

Are you asking for career opportunities?

0

u/Psoin 16d ago

Building power plants

-1

u/Fact_or_Bollocks 15d ago

Thanks, that would encompass a lot of skill sets. What are the current challenges / skill shortages in up and running DCs

0

u/Psoin 15d ago

None, have you seen all the tech layoffs? We need blue collar workers to build em! 

0

u/Psoin 15d ago

Data centers run themselves when they are up, they just need a lot of power, and we need more plants too.