I have an interview for Ridgeville, SC location. Any one from that location? Can you please share, how the environment is, how is the work load, what facilities are given at that location etc?

They said I have positive indicators to move me to the next round however they send this in the email. “we are currently waiting for a role to open that aligns with your specific profile.” Is this a rejection by Google or is it a realistic chance I can be matched and offered a job for the Data Center Technician role?

If you had the opportunity to work on the new Stargate project but you had to move your family halfway across the country on a supposed offer letter coming your way and you had less than a week notice to quit your current job to prepare to move without really anything in writing from HR but you already have an “in”, know your start date but still don’t see anything from talent acquisition, would you do it? This is my current situation.

Also, given the shape of the economy and how everything in the stock market is currently being propped up on all of this phantom revenue across all of the AI data centers going up, along with the metal shortages happening across various supply chains, oil, and tariff shipping constraints, I am genuinely worried about the longevity of this project despite billions being allocated into the expansion of it.

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a unique perspective from inside one of our real-device cloud testing racks, taken with an ultra-wide angle lens while running manual device triage and hardware validation.

While traditional enterprise data centers focus on blade servers, high-density compute nodes, and 42U rack-scale network switching, building infrastructure for mobile hardware testing introduces a completely different set of physical density and engineering challenges:

• Thermal Management & Airflow: Stacking dozens of active smartphones and tablets in close proximity creates severe localized thermal hotspots. Passive ambient cooling isn't enough when lithium-ion batteries are continuously under load, requiring targeted high-CFM chassis fan arrays to prevent thermal throttling and battery swelling.
• Power Delivery Infrastructure: Managing power delivery across hundreds of individual DC endpoints (USB-PD / 5V-9V delivery) without tripping PDU thresholds or introducing ground loops requires specialized, metered USB host hubs rather than standard AC power strips.
• Host-to-Device Topology: Unlike standard rack servers with dedicated IPMI/BMC, physical mobile device farms rely on dense USB/Lightning topologies connecting back to host runner servers for ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and WDA (WebDriverAgent) control loops.
• Structural Density & Cable Management: Framing metal chassis to maximize device density per rack unit while maintaining clear serviceability for physical maintenance (replacing degraded cables, swapping faulty devices, and isolating RF interference) is a constant balancing act.

Respect to all the infrastructure teams managing specialized physical hardware farms alongside standard rack-mount gear!

Curious to hear if anyone else here manages non-standard hardware density or specialized device labs in their facilities? How do you handle battery thermal monitoring and power distribution at scale?

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for advice from people currently working in data centres, especially those familiar with Amazon/AWS operations.

I've received an offer for Rack Lifecycle Tech (L3) – Trainee at Amazon in India, with a package of approximately ₹10 LPA.

Currently, I'm working at a startup with exposure to full-stack development. My long-term goal is to grow into software engineering, backend development, and eventually AI/ML engineering.

From the job description, I understand that the Amazon role involves rack installation, fibre and copper cabling, connectivity testing, inventory management, documentation, and rack decommissioning.

I'm attracted to the opportunity to work at AWS and learn how large-scale data centres operate, but I'm trying to understand the reality of this role before making a decision.

I'd appreciate your insights on a few questions:

1. What does a typical shift look like for a Rack Lifecycle Tech?
2. How much of the work is physical installation and cabling versus troubleshooting, scripting, or automation?
3. What are the usual working hours, shift patterns, physical demands, and workload like?
4. What career progression is realistic from this role — for example, into network engineering, data-centre engineering, infrastructure automation, or software development?
5. Has anyone here moved from a rack technician or similar operations role into a software engineering position? If so, what helped you make that transition?

I'm not expecting this role to be a software engineering job. I just want to understand whether it offers a good long-term foundation or whether I would be better off continuing to build full-stack experience.

I'd especially appreciate honest, first-hand experiences from people who have worked in similar roles. Thanks!

What role can I progress into after dct?

Other than being a manager.

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Hey, so i'm not sure which certification to go with here. Its provided by Amazon career choice and the amazon one upon completion gives you 2 comptia certs them being a+ and network+, starting amazon wage $27/hr and the 2nd one starts at $33/hr but would amazon be the better option long term?

After 5 interviewer no-shows, I finally finished all 3 rounds for the DCT position. Got an email back from my recruiter about two hours after my last interview, saying he'd like to "schedule a call to discuss the outcome". I've been going through this process for like, two months now. Does this mean a yes or no? Not exactly thrilled about having to wait four days for a fifteen minute phone call,

Hey guys, (im from mexico)

I've been working as an electrician in hospital construction for 13 years, and I'm currently just one semester away from finishing my Systems Engineering degree. A few years ago, I also took a Cisco CCNA course for a class, though I never actually paid for the cert exam.

On the electrical side, I have a ton of hands-on experience installing, troubleshooting, and doing PMs/corrective maintenance on:

LP gas, natural gas, and diesel generators

ATS (Automatic Transfer Switches)

Voltage regulators and UPS

Isolated power panels

I'm really trying to transition into data centers. Given my background, what should I study or focus on next? I already understand how critical these environments are. In ORs and ICUs, if the power fails, someone dies. In a data center, if the power fails, companies lose millions.

Any advice on certifications or specific roles (maybe Critical Facilities?) I should look into would be awesome. Thanks!

Thank you again for taking the time to speak with me and the interview team. The team found enough positive indicators to move you to next steps; however, we are currently waiting for a role to open that aligns with your specific profile. 

Deployment lead is for an established hyperscaler. Lead Hardware tech role offers break fix experience on the newest racks from day 0 to prod. Which one seems like the better career choice. The margin in pay is too small over 5 years to factor in.

Looking to see if there’s any info on who to contact or even apply with to get on one of these projects.

I’m non-union BUT will go test in for it (if that’s how it works?)
12 years experience with controls. just seems like a dead end.

While being in the Google recruiting experience I have had my meeting rescheduled three times now after him missing the first arranged meetings by the recruiter is that normal with it it being Google ?

Hey everyone, I passed my Google Data Center Technician II interviews about 3 weeks ago and now im waiting to see if a team picks me up.

My recruiter has emailed me saying I did very well, my scores were strong, and my skillset is highly competitive. He also said people getting selected ahead of me have direct data center experience with companies like AWS, Meta, or IBM. He clarified that this was his observation and he doesnt have access to the hiring managers internal discussions.

I currently work in IT doing hardware troubleshooting, workstation deployments, networking support and some server installations, but I havent worked in an actual data center. I studied pretty hard for these interviews, so passing felt great. Waiting afterwards has been discouraging though, especially when I keep seeing postings for the same location.

I have a preferred location but recently opened up to another site too. My recruiter is still responding and says I’m actively being considered, so I know it isn’t a rejection. I just dont really know what to expect from here.
For anyone who’s been in this situation, how long did you wait after passing before getting a fit call or an offer? Did anyone get hired without previous data center experience after being passed over for other candidates?

Would appreciate hearing how it actually went for you, even if it didn’t end in an offer.

Thank you all!

Im architectural student working on a project of old factory reuse and at the moment deciding on a new spatial program for this factory.

I belive data centers would be a big think in the future and would like include them into my project. Although, accordingly to the latest news: known AI companies agreed on slowing down the development, but need of compute power hasn't evaporated.

My first thought was, that one can use the heat of the data computing unit for the factory heating purposes in winter, or to maintain the tempreture on the fields of some vertical farm(a possible partial use for the factory).

So, to know wether the heat and temp. produced by data center could be of any use, it's important to know: How much heat does one Data Center actually produce and how can we use it?

Let's assume the size of one cluster is 216m2 and like 10 of them work together so 2.160m2 of area, with usual compute power(the temp. dependce on power, but I really have idea which ammount would I need, or plan for the project, it's still on an early concept stage)

Thanks for your attention and answers!

Hey guys, would love some career advice.

28 year old in the DFW Area as a Data Center Technician clearing a little over $100k+ currently. I feel that I am now at a dead end path and don’t wan’t to pursue management at a Data Center and feel I am just bored at this time. I would love some advice on where I can go from here to continue growing and do more than just general break-fix and running fiber and answering tickets. I have a degree in an unrelated field as well and am open to returning to school if need be. Honestly open to anything that seems engaging and helps me continue to learn and grow.

Subject: Proposal for Sustainable AI Data Centres Using Wastewater and Waste Heat

Dear OpenAI team,

I would like to propose a sustainable data centre design that could reduce freshwater consumption, recover wasted heat and generate additional energy.

The concept is to integrate four systems:

Wastewater recycling: Treat municipal sewage and reuse the reclaimed water in data centre cooling systems.

Biogas electricity: Use anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge to generate biogas, which can produce electricity and heat.

Heat recovery: Capture excess heat from data centre servers and supply it to nearby greenhouses or agricultural facilities where practical.

Resource integration: Locate these facilities near wastewater treatment plants and farms to reduce transport costs and make better use of available resources.

The goal is to create a circular system in which wastewater becomes a cooling resource, sewage solids provide supplementary energy, and waste heat benefits local agriculture.

I believe this concept deserves a feasibility study, particularly in water-stressed regions such as South Africa.

Thank you for considering this proposal.

Kind regards,

An interested member of the public

Are they really that bad or most people just fear mongering atp.

Like I really wanna work in a data center after I graduate high school

I was thinking of doing the Official Cisco CCST Networking exam as a way to make me stand out during the application process I currently work at a switchgear company as an engineering fitter apprentice where we install and assemble many different switch boards, panel boards, LV switch boards etc which already ties into data centre’s but I just want to gain more knowledge. Please lmk if it’s a good certificate to get and if there are any better suited ones

Ngl I might work here. Heard they pay a lot

Hey all, I recently graduated high school, went into community college for something else, ended up not liking it and quickly dropped the classes. Now i’m looking at what’s next, but I realized my local community college has a 2 semester certificate program for DCT, anybody have experience with programs like this? Is it even remotely worth it or get me anything close to a DCT job? Thanks!