# Browse courses. Source: https://savrn.com/institute/departments Markdown alternate of the page above; the site index is https://savrn.com/llms.txt --- 43 courses across 10 departments — 4,668 proposed instructional hours, most of them hands-on. Open any course for the complete picture: hours, competencies, prerequisites, industry alignment, and where it stacks. This is a proposed curriculum for partner program planning. Course delivery, schedules, assessments, and academic awards depend on the responsible education and credential partners. [Plan a Program →](https://savrn.com/institute/plan) [Explore programs](https://savrn.com/institute/programs) [Read catalog →](https://savrn.com/institute/catalog) ## CORE Common Core [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/common-core) Where everyone starts — safety and critical-facilities discipline, technical math, workplace documentation, and how an AI factory actually works. Foundations CORE 1001 ### Critical Facilities Foundations & Safety This course introduces the physical layout, hazard classes, and life-safety systems of a critical facility data hall and its supporting mechanical and electrical yard. [96 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/core-1001) CORE 1002 ### Introduction to AI Factories & the SAVRN OctoPod Platform This course surveys the physical architecture of an AI factory, from utility interconnection and on-site generation through medium-voltage distribution, mechanical cooling plant, and the IT white space, and introduces the SAVRN OctoPod platform as the operating model that ties these systems together. 96 hrsOpen → CORE 1003 ### Technical Math & Measurement This course develops the applied mathematics and measurement skills used across mechanical, electrical, network, and IT trades in a critical facility. 96 hrsOpen → CORE 1004 ### Workplace Communication & Documentation This course develops the written, verbal, and digital documentation skills required to operate safely and effectively in a shift-based critical facility environment. 96 hrsOpen → Advanced CORE 2001 ### Data Center Business Fundamentals This course introduces the commercial and economic structure of the data center and AI factory industry to prepare students for roles that intersect operations with business decision-making. [96 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/core-2001) ## DCO Data Center Operations [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/data-center-operations) Running the floor — day and night critical-facility operations, service management discipline, and the preventive-maintenance program that keeps a factory online. Foundations DCO 1101 ### Critical Facility Operations I — Day Shift Fundamentals This course introduces day-shift critical facility operations across the mechanical, electrical, and building-management systems that support an AI factory data hall. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/dco-1101) DCO 1102 ### Critical Facility Operations II — Night & Weekend Operations This course extends critical facility operations into the reduced-staffing conditions typical of night and weekend shifts, where a technician must independently triage, stabilize, and escalate conditions before a full response team is available. 128 hrsOpen → Advanced DCO 2101 ### ITIL & ITSM for Critical Facilities This course applies IT service management (ITSM) practice to the operation of a critical facility and AI factory, using the ITIL 4 framework as its structural reference. [96 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/dco-2101) DCO 2102 ### Preventive Maintenance Program Management This course develops the planning, scheduling, and program-management skills needed to run a preventive maintenance (PM) program for a critical facility's mechanical and electrical systems. 96 hrsOpen → ## NET Network Engineering [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/network-engineering) The fabric — structured copper and optical-fiber cabling, switching fundamentals, and the high-speed fabrics that let thousands of GPUs work as one machine. Foundations NET 1201 ### Structured Cabling I — Copper This course develops the skills required to install, terminate, and certify twisted-pair copper structured cabling systems in a data center or telecommunications room, following ANSI/TIA-568 and BICSI Information Transport Systems Installation Methods Manual (ITSIMM) practice. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/net-1201) NET 1202 ### Structured Cabling II — Optical Fiber This course develops the skills required to install, terminate, splice, and test optical fiber cabling systems used in data center backbone and AI fabric interconnects, following ANSI/TIA-568.3-D and BICSI ITSIMM practice. 128 hrsOpen → Advanced NET 2201 ### Network Fundamentals & Switching This course covers foundational Ethernet networking concepts and switch configuration as applied to a data center leaf-spine environment, aligned to the CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) exam objectives. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/net-2201) NET 2202 ### AI Fabric Engineering This course develops the specialized networking skills required to build and operate the InfiniBand and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) fabrics that interconnect GPU clusters in an AI factory. 128 hrsOpen → ## HIT Hardware & IT Systems [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/hardware-it-systems) The compute itself — server hardware and rack-and-stack, Linux for data centers, and hands-on GPU-cluster operations. Foundations HIT 1301 ### Server Hardware Fundamentals & Rack-and-Stack This course develops the physical server hardware installation, configuration, and maintenance skills required in a data center, aligned to CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005) exam objectives. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/hit-1301) HIT 1302 ### Linux for Data Centers This course develops the Linux system administration skills required to operate servers, GPU nodes, and management tooling in a data center or AI factory environment, aligned to the Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA) exam objectives. 96 hrsOpen → Advanced HIT 2301 ### GPU Cluster Operations This course develops the operational skills required to commission, monitor, and maintain a liquid-cooled GPU cluster in an AI factory, using GB300 NVL72 and VR200 NVL72-class reference hardware. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/hit-2301) ## ELV Electrical Systems — Low Voltage [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/electrical-low-voltage) Power below 600 volts — National Electrical Code fundamentals, branch-circuit and cable-tray installation, and the controls wiring behind building management. Foundations ELV 1401 ### National Electrical Code I (NFPA 70) This course introduces the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) as the governing standard for electrical installations in critical-facility and general commercial settings. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/elv-1401) ELV 1402 ### Branch-Circuit Installation & Cable-Tray Pathways This course develops hands-on branch-circuit installation skill in a critical-facility context, building on the Code foundation from National Electrical Code I. 128 hrsOpen → Advanced ELV 2401 ### BMS, DCIM & Controls Wiring This course covers low-voltage control wiring and point-to-point commissioning for building management system (BMS) and data-center infrastructure management (DCIM) platforms. [96 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/elv-2401) ## EMV Electrical Systems — Medium Voltage [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/electrical-medium-voltage) The high-energy backbone — medium-voltage fundamentals and the NFPA 70E qualified-person path, switchgear and substations, fuel cells, energy storage, and on-site generation. Advanced EMV 2501 ### Medium-Voltage Fundamentals & NFPA 70E Qualified-Person Path This course establishes the electrical safety foundation for all subsequent medium-voltage (MV) coursework in the program. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/emv-2501) EMV 2502 ### Gas-Insulated Switchgear & SF6 Handling This course covers gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) construction, operation, and SF6 gas handling for medium-voltage distribution equipment governed by IEC 62271-203 and IEEE C37 series standards. 96 hrsOpen → EMV 2503 ### Fuel Cell and Medium-Voltage Battery Energy Storage Operations This course covers the operation, commissioning verification, and routine maintenance of stationary fuel cell power systems and medium-voltage-coupled battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the continuous-power and ride-through role: the function of holding critical load through a utility disturbance and running in parallel with, or independent of, the utility source. 128 hrsOpen → EMV 2504 ### Substation & MV Switchgear Operations This course covers the construction, protection, and switching operation of metal-clad medium-voltage switchgear used at data-center substations and unit substations, governed by the IEEE C37.20.2 metal-clad switchgear standard and the protective-relay coordination practice of IEEE C37 protection standards. 128 hrsOpen → EMV 2505 ### On-Site Generation & Energy Storage This course covers on-site power generation and battery energy storage systems (BESS) as deployed at AI-factory and data-center sites, including diesel and natural-gas standby generators governed by NFPA 110, paralleling switchgear, and lithium-ion BESS safety governed by NFPA 855 and manufacturer thermal-runaway mitigation requirements. 96 hrsOpen → ## MEC Mechanical Systems & Thermal Management [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/mechanical-thermal) Keeping it cool — HVACR fundamentals and EPA 608, chillers and cooling towers, direct-to-chip liquid cooling, and heat rejection. Foundations MEC 1601 ### HVACR Fundamentals & EPA Section 608 This course introduces the refrigeration cycle, comfort and precision cooling fundamentals, and the federal refrigerant-handling requirements of EPA Section 608 that govern every technician who opens a refrigerant circuit in the United States. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/mec-1601) MEC 1602 ### Chillers, CRAH & Cooling Towers This course covers the facility-scale chiller plant, computer-room air handler (CRAH), and cooling-tower systems that reject heat from a data-center facility water loop before it reaches any liquid-cooling or air-cooling terminal equipment. 128 hrsOpen → Advanced MEC 2601 ### Liquid Cooling — Direct-to-Chip & Rear-Door This is the flagship mechanical course of the SAVRN Learning Institute, covering direct-to-chip (D2C) and rear-door heat-exchanger liquid cooling for high-density AI accelerator racks. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/mec-2601) MEC 2602 ### Cooling Pods, Dry Coolers & Heat Rejection This course covers modular cooling pods, dry coolers, and the outdoor heat-rejection equipment that completes a liquid-cooled data-center thermal chain once heat has been carried out of the rack by a CDU or rear-door heat exchanger. 96 hrsOpen → ## SEC Security — Physical & Cyber [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/security) Protecting the asset — physical security, fire detection and suppression, and the cybersecurity that keeps operational and IT networks safely apart. Foundations SEC 1701 ### Physical Security for Data Centers This course covers the design, installation, and operation of physical security systems that protect data center perimeters, building envelopes, and white space. [96 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/sec-1701) SEC 1702 ### Fire Detection & Suppression (NFPA 72 / 2001) This course covers the installation, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm and clean-agent suppression systems in data-center environments. 96 hrsOpen → Advanced SEC 2701 ### Cybersecurity Fundamentals & OT/IT Segmentation This course covers cybersecurity fundamentals aligned to CompTIA Security+ objectives, applied specifically to the operational technology (OT) that runs a data center's building management system, electrical switchgear, and mechanical plant. [128 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/sec-2701) ## SDB Service Delivery & Business Operations [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/service-operations) The business layer — service-level agreements and service design, power markets and data-center economics, and compliance, audit, and SOC 2. Advanced SDB 2801 ### SLAs, ITIL Service Design & Customer Onboarding This course covers service level management and customer onboarding for colocation and hyperscale data-center environments, built on the ITIL 4 service value system and the ITIL 4 Practitioner: Service Level Management practice guide. [96 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/sdb-2801) SDB 2802 ### Power Markets & Data Center Economics This course covers the generic mechanics of U.S. 96 hrsOpen → SDB 2803 ### Compliance, Audit & SOC 2 for Data Centers This course covers compliance and audit operations for colocation and hyperscale data centers, centered on the AICPA Trust Services Criteria used in SOC 2 examinations — Security (the mandatory Common Criteria CC1-CC9), and the optional Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy categories — alongside ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and its 93 Annex A controls across organizational, people, physical, and technological themes. 96 hrsOpen → ## AIO Applied AI & Compute Operations [Department page →](https://savrn.com/institute/departments/applied-ai-compute) Where the factory earns — AI literacy through cluster bring-up, fabric and scheduler operations, model serving, factory economics, and a live-site capstone. Foundations AIO 1901 ### AI Literacy for Infrastructure Workers This course introduces the vocabulary and physical realities of AI-factory operations to workers entering data-center trades from electrical, mechanical, or general facilities backgrounds. [40 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/aio-1901) AIO 1902 ### Python & Linux for AI Operations This course covers the Linux command-line environment and Python scripting skills an AI operations technician needs to support GPU cluster work, without assuming prior programming experience. 80 hrsOpen → Advanced AIO 2901 ### GPU Cluster Bring-Up & Commissioning This course covers the bring-up, burn-in, and acceptance testing of GPU compute nodes and racks in an AI-factory data hall, using NVIDIA VR200 NVL72 (190-230 kW/rack, fully liquid-cooled) and GB300 NVL72 (132-142 kW/rack) as reference platforms. [120 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/aio-2901) AIO 2902 ### AI Fabric Operations (InfiniBand / RoCE) This course covers the scale-out network fabric that connects GPU nodes into a training or inference cluster, covering both InfiniBand and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) fabric technologies as alternative implementations of the same lossless, low-latency transport requirement. 120 hrsOpen → AIO 2903 ### Scheduler & Tenancy Operations (Slurm, Kubernetes, MIG) This course covers workload scheduling and multi-tenant GPU allocation on a commissioned AI-factory cluster, using Slurm and Kubernetes as the two dominant scheduling frameworks. 80 hrsOpen → AIO 2904 ### Model Serving, Inference Ops & Observability This course covers the operation of production inference services on a commissioned GPU cluster, distinct from model development or training. 80 hrsOpen → AIO 2905 ### AI Factory Economics — Tokens, Utilization, PUE/WUE This course covers the economic and efficiency metrics used to evaluate an AI factory's operating performance. 60 hrsOpen → AIO 2906 ### Responsible AI & Sovereign Compute Controls This course covers the operational controls that keep AI-factory compute and data within a defined sovereignty and governance boundary, a requirement increasingly attached to government, defense-adjacent, and regulated-industry tenancy contracts. 40 hrsOpen → Capstone AIO 3901 ### AI Factory Capstone — Live Site Practicum This capstone is a supervised production practicum conducted on live AI-factory infrastructure rather than a classroom course. [240 hrsOpen →](https://savrn.com/institute/courses/aio-3901)