Data Center Trends in Europe – Employment and Education

Are you involved in data center education, or would you like to be? Whether you work for a data center, a school or another organization, you are welcome to take part in our webinar on 3 December, organized by trade associations Dutch Data Center Association and eco. 

Data Center Markets are growing rapidly, even faster because of COVID-19. Digitalization has only just begun. It is finding its way into more and more areas of our daily life. The ‘industrialization of IT’ has just started with colocation parties, hyperscalers, edge computing and smart technologies. Data Centers take care of our digital economy, but who takes care of the data centers? Behind all automated digital processes, skilled humans are working very hard to drive the industry forward. However, we need a lot more!

During this session, organized by Eco and DDA, we dive into the role of industry and schools to solve the shortage of data center personnel.

Program
15:00 –  Introduction by Stijn Grove
15:05 – State of Data Center Employment by Eline Stuivenwold (DDA)
15:15 – How schools can educate for the jobs of the Future by Maaike van Kessel (Noorderpoort)
15:25 – The role of the Industry by Marco Ynema (Google)
15:35 – The Future of Data Center employment by Thomas Wawra (DCE Academy)
15:45 – Panel

The following questions are discussed with our experts:

• What kind of skills will data center professionals need in the future?
• What role do schools play in this game?
• What are the challenges in times of COVID-19 for training courses?
• Will facility & DC managers become dispensable due to increasing automation and modularization?
• What are the game changers in trainings and educational processes for the data center industry?
• Staff shortage – a critical factor for continuity management?

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