Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 7-15-2026

Abstract

This case study examines the potential to envision, create, and deploy a simulated mobile micro data center solution that can be easily replicated and transported between locations and educational settings. The coined term for this solution is the Mobile AI-Centered Data Center (Mobile ACDC), which provides students with a platform to construct, in a hands-on fashion, such a solution and navigate the product to gain greater competencies and understanding of the components found in a data center. Instructor and student feedback assessments from the pilot classroom modules and laboratory experiential learning activities indicate that such a solution helps to improve understanding of data center architecture and technologies employed. The result of this case study provides cursory indications and evidence that simulated data center environments can align with workforce competencies, and that the solution is a cost effective way to bridge theory and real-world infrastructure operations. This study provides other academics and educators with a practical way to modernize information technology education through applied, data center-aware learning activities.

Publication Title

Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability

First Page Number

177

Last Page Number

192

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33423/sbk73139

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