r/datacenter

Excited to officially share that I’ve accepted an Engineering Operations Technician (L3) position with AWS!
This has been a goal I’ve been working toward for a long time. Countless hours of studying electrical systems, mechanical troubleshooting, interview preparation, and learning Amazon’s Leadership Principles all paid off.
I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who supported me along the way. This is just the beginning—I plan to learn as much as I can, become the best technician possible, and work toward an L4 Engineering Operations Technician role.
Here’s to the next chapter. Time to get to work.

I sent the recruiter a follow up email within the first week and they stated it takes 5-6 days. Emailed last week and got no response. Haven’t received a rejection yet.. just confused why it’s taking so long for an answer

What’s up with these recruiters? They take forever to reply to messages. I’ve been trying to get an interview for a long time now. I know I did well in the screening, but I don’t know if my recruiter is just unresponsive or if it’s normal for AWS recruiters to take this long to get back to people.

This story was posted on data center debate. As I understood it, multi story data centers weren't possible because the equipment is so damn heavy. Can someone on the construction/design side break down if multi story data centers are now technically feasible? Because then we could solve a lot of problems.

I'm curious to get this subs thoughts on a new datacenter that's being proposed in the UK. I have no background with datacenters and very limited knowledge, so please correct any errors in calculations, terminology or assumptions I've made.

It's a 1.5GW DC to be built by Xlinks (link below) in rural England. My big query with this site is with the scale that's being proposed, the cost of running this in the UK is astronomical compared to similar sites in the US. Doing some quick napkins maths, assuming the site runs on average at 70% capacity, it would draw 9198 GW hours annually. At the current UK industry rate of 21.13 p/kwh, this would mean the site would cost approximately £1,943,537,400 to run per annum.

Compared to cost of electricity in the US of approximately 6p/kwh (I couldn't find a reliable source for an average cost across the whole of the US, so this might be on the low end),the cost per annum would be £459,900,000. Nearly £1.5 billion cheaper than the UK site.

My questions would be:

1. How would a site of this scale be able to compete with the US where costs are so much lower?

2. What would be the benefits of an AI datacentre of this scale operating in the UK? (in terms of ease of use, or reliability compared to DCs operating abroad)

Curious to get your thoughts on this

Proposed DC Campus: https://www.devondatacampus.com/

Current electrical rates UK: https://www.businessenergyuk.com/business-electricity/

I have a very strong feeling that the current sentiment around AI and data centers are hugely in part due to the economic situation of the west at the moment. Gen Alpha will grow up with the tech, just like Gen Z grew up with the internet.

Do you see public sentiment changing in a few years?

For anyone applying in the Nebraska or Iowa area, what salary was offered? The range for the role is 78-118.

I was told that was the general range across the US but actually salary is location specific.

Also outside of sign on bonus and relocation. Did you receive any assistance with selling your home?

Feel free to DM.

Thanks,

My recruiter mentioned that she can’t disclose the outcome of my onsite rounds but o need to first matched with the team and then go with HC for the final outcome. I am totally confused about this whole situation is this an indication of favorable outcome has anyone been ever rejected by Google even after they are matched with a team ?

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Italy has kinda lost the early race for computer manufacturing (in the 1980s we had Olivetti and SIP, two early developers of hardware and software, but they were wiped out by the market).

But now, after three decades of stagnation because the boomers hated technology and progress, we are poor enough that the younger generation is actually in favor of data centers. This surprised me and gave me hope. When I see Americans against data centers, I am always surprised: why don't they want their technology and salaries to grow?

Well, I think ti myself, time is ripe to reduce the gap with their economy. Go go Italy, we have a chance to come back!

DCT at Google, seems like we have it about as good as it gets. AWS and Meta def a step down, Oracle maybe but it sounds like AWS with more money. MS seems about comparable to Google but not an upgrade. Neoclouds offering crazy money bc they know what a gamble you would be taking and they expect to hire people with no wlb. HFT and maybe a couple of other niches probably would be a step up but I never see them posting jobs, is there anything out there that is a legit obvious step up from dct at Google, other than a better dct job at Google or mgr/pm/neteng at Google?

How does one become one school?

I got approved as a data center technician at one of AWS data centers. I'm not just wondering what is a data center operation though, and which is better?

Hi everyone,

I am currently reviewing my offer letter for a new Greenfield Hyperscale DC in Europe and I was wondering what the "industry Standard" for compensation is.

My offer is for l2 facilities technician and consists of base + bonus + stocks - this is clear for me and the pay seems normal for european DC. At least for what I read on Reddit. (TC about 90k USD)

The thing that bothers me is that on the contract/offer letter is stated that this compensation package accounts for everything so no extra pay for overtime, shift work, on call duty,...... while stating that they can basically force me to work overtime, shift and on call duty within legal limits.

I know that I have to sort this out with my recruiter but nevertheless I would be interested if this is "normal" and "industry standard" to understand the situation better.

I come from another industry so I am not sure what is considered "Standard" in the DC world.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

My teammate (an electrical engineer) and I (a structural engineer) have recently been assigned to work on data center projects. We're both new to this sector and are trying to get a solid understanding of how data centers are laid out and how the different disciplines coordinate with one another.

If anyone has experience working on data centers and is willing to share sample structural, architectural, or MEP drawings (with any confidential information removed, of course), it would be incredibly helpful. We're mainly looking to understand the overall layout, typical building components, equipment arrangement, and how the various systems are integrated.

If sharing drawings isn't possible, I'd also appreciate recommendations for any publicly available drawing sets, design guides, or other resources that helped you learn.

Thanks in advance - we'd really appreciate any guidance!

Hi everyone,
I had three interviews scheduled with Google for a Data Center Technician role, but I only completed two so far. The last one was rescheduled for next week and will focus on behavioral questions.
The first two interviews were about networking, hardware, and operating systems, and I feel they went very well.
Do you have any advice for the behavioral interview? What kind of questions should I expect, and how should I prepare using the STAR method?
The role is located in South Carolina.
Thanks!

No doubt this has been asked in the past, but have any of you moved over to a data center role from being an automotive tech?

A buddy of mine is a data center tech, and what he was telling me sounds like I could do it based on my electrical diagnosis skills.

However, he mentioned I’d be a good fit for the critical facilities role.

So I’m just wondering if anyone here has first hand experience going from being an automotive tech to a data center tech or critical facilities role?