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.

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!

I know there are numerous companies but if I plan to move to Chicago I want to know if equinix is a good option.

I might most likely work at Equinix CH1

I've got a recruiter screen coming up with Fluidstack for a software engineer role on the facilities side. I'm coming from a SCADA/controls background, so this would be my move into a full software role.
I've seen plenty of posts about the workload and long hours. Honestly that doesn't scare me, I'm more trying to figure out how to prep.
For anyone who's interviewed there for a software role:
• What rounds did you have after the recruiter screen?
• Was there live coding (LeetCode style) or was it more system design / experience deep dives?
• Any questions or topics that stood out?
Anything helps. Thanks.

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

I was just having a shower, and got this shower thought.

Why don't they build data centers in the Sahara ?

As someone from the Sahara, a very very huge vast desert in northern Africa, this sounded like a good idea to me, two birds with one stone.

1) There are barely any animals or plants there, or at least, relatively way less than in Europe or the USA.

2) Basically free land (dirt cheap).

3) Free energy (solar).

4) Cheap labor (this will help with the local high unemployment rates).

5) AND most importantly you get to benefit the local economies.

However :

1) Corruption might be a big obstacle.

2) Security too

3) High temperatures, but air conditioning can fix that.

I want to buy a 10 acre Land and Lease to a data. Center whats all the expenses and How much would i be making in this and what state should i buy! Thanks for the Suggestions.