Uptime Institute AOS Masterclass with Vertiv Insights

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10 - 12 March 2026

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A 16-hour intensive course focused on managing mission-critical data center operations. It covers operational sustainability, risk management, staffing, maintenance, and procedures. Ideal for facility managers and operators, AOS aligns teams with best practices to reduce risk and improve uptime across the facility lifecycle.

Designed for professionals responsible for managing business-critical facilities. It covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Policies and Procedures: Understanding the essential guidelines for data center operations.

  • Staffing and Business Operations: Learning how to effectively manage personnel and align operations with business goals.

  • Maintenance and Risk Management: Developing strategies to maintain data center reliability and mitigate risks.

  • Operational Sustainability: Applying the Tier Standard: Operational Sustainability to improve facility performance.

Supplement with insider Vertiv expertise, an interactive fireside chat and networking with Western Australia’s mission-critical elites.

Course fee is $7,450 + GST.


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Day 1

March 10, Tuesday

Policies and Procedures (Session 1)

Staffing and Business Operations (Session 2)

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Day 2

March 11, Wednesday

Maintenance and Risk Management (Session 3)

Operational Sustainability (Session 4)

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Day 3

March 12, Thursday

Exam

“Lessons Learned from the Field” by Vertiv

Fireside Chats + Networking Drinks with Industry Leaders

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Trainer 2

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White Paper

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  • Look at why AI is driving the transition to 800 VDC infrastructure here.

  • This new special report series explores the future of the sustainable data center and its impact on the industry.

  • AI is reshaping data center design, operations, and strategy. As organizations scale AI workloads, power and cooling requirements are reaching unprecedented levels, demanding a fundamental shift in infrastructure. Read the article here.

  • The industry is rapidly adjusting, and data center infrastructure solutions providers like Vertiv are developing new solutions to support these new demands. This report looks at new challenges driven by the increased use of AI and how Vertiv envisions the data center of the future meeting these challenges. Read more here.

Fireside Chats

Sustainability

Chase the PUE

Beyond the metric: How PUE unlocks your data center's broader sustainability journey

Standards

Downtime or Uptime?

The non-negotiable pursuit of uptime and the high-stakes engineering behind continuous operation

Trends

The AI Agenda

A dialogue on managing AI's colossal energy demand while harnessing its power to build self-optimising data centers of the future.

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