Data Center University Includes Green Courses

Heading into its third year, Data Center University offers more than 45 online courses, including classes on energy efficiency and green IT practices. Data Center University was launched by American Power Conversion in 2006 and offers a course catalog running the gamut of power and cooling basics to blade server integration.

Optimizing data centers has become an important issue for companies that are looking to save money, lessen their impact on the environment, or both. Recent studies have show businesses are migrating to, or want to switch to, greener computing practices for various. Not only does cutting power and cooling costs at data centers save money, but it also cuts the amount of energy consumed.

Many of Data Center University's courses have environmental, and economical impacts. Introductory, intermediate and advanced classes look at different levels of power and cooling. Other classes teach how to establish energy-efficiency benchmarks and environmental monitoring. The University also offers an Associate Certification test that covers knowledge of all aspects of data centers