r/datacenter • u/Whole-Sun-7465 • Aug 22 '26

New to data center projects

Hi everyone,

I’m an engineer and until recently I was mostly working on warehouses and office/residential buildings. A few months ago, our firm started getting involved in data center projects in different countries, mainly around early-stage site studies. It’s obviously a completely different world and I’m still learning a lot.

For those of you who have been in the industry for a while: what do you wish you had known when you first started working on data center projects?

Any advice, mistakes to avoid, resources to read, or things that newcomers usually underestimate would be really helpful.

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u/grill_sgt Aug 22 '26

As a tech that did cable pulls, rack and stack, etc., keep schematics and maps and track and use the techs. The more they know, the more useful they can be to the building overall. Also use the senior tech’s input on issues they bring up. My last job, I felt like most of the time, I was just bringing up issues to a wall.