Data centers are the backbone of today’s digital infrastructure, and efficient cooling plays a critical role in maintaining performance, reliability, and energy efficiency. This course introduces you to the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for analyzing and optimizing airflow and thermal behavior in data center environments.

Starting from the fundamentals of CFD and airflow physics, the course gradually moves into practical data center cooling simulations. You will learn how to create and simplify geometry, generate high-quality meshes, define boundary conditions for racks and cooling systems, set up CFD solvers, monitor convergence, and analyze temperature and airflow distributions using industry-standard workflows.

Through hands-on demonstrations using CFD software such as ANSYS Fluent or OpenFOAM, you will gain practical experience in performing real-world thermal analysis for data centers. By the end of the course, you will be able to identify hotspots, evaluate cooling performance, and optimize airflow for efficient and reliable data center operation.