Over the past year, much has been written about educating and preparing our next generation of data center operators to take over the day-to-day operations. The lack of skills, much less certified skills, has been and continues to be discussed in articles, on blogs, via webinars, and — if it weren’t for COVID-19 — at conferences too.
All this discussion is energizing many of our industry organizations to develop education committees, scholarship offerings, mentoring programs, and even capstone programs with a university or two. Academic programs are now established at a half dozen universities and in almost as many community colleges. Further, numerous commercial training offerings continue to expand and enhance their courses in a highly competitive market.