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. Students trace the power and cooling path of a representative rack, map major mechanical and electrical equipment to the OctoPod procedure library (OCT-PMP references), and navigate the SAVERN Assets tagging and work-record system used across the Institute's lab network. The course distinguishes air-cooled from direct-liquid-cooled rack architectures at a conceptual level and introduces the Uptime Institute Tier classification framework as a common vocabulary for facility resiliency. Students are not expected to operate live equipment in this course; the emphasis is orientation and shared vocabulary across the CORE, DCO, NET, HIT, ELV, EMV, MEC, SEC, SDB, and AIO departments that follow. The course concludes with a facility walkthrough or virtual-twin tour.
What you'll be able to do
- Diagram the power path from utility interconnection to IT load for a representative AI factory rack.
- Map a named mechanical or electrical procedure to its corresponding OctoPod PMP reference code.
- Register and scan an asset tag in the SAVERN Assets system to open a work record.
- Classify a data hall design against the Uptime Institute Tier I-IV framework given its redundancy description.
- Distinguish air-cooled from direct-liquid-cooled rack architectures by their physical distribution components.
- Locate the correct department and competency reference for a stated occupational task within the Pell Unit ladder.
- Summarize the facility rotation and physical-separation policy that governs student access to live IT and power spaces.
- Complete a guided facility or digital-twin walkthrough and produce a component identification log.
Train the team that runs the factory.
The Institute travels with every SAVRN campus.