Power Up

Design a real data center floor — the invisible infrastructure behind every app, video, and AI you use daily.

Did you know? Every time you stream a video, send a message, or ask an AI a question, your request travels to a data center — a building filled with thousands of servers, cooled 24/7, powered by redundant generators. A single hour of downtime at a major DC can cost $300,000+. Your job: design one that never goes down.
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Your Mission
Build a Tier III Colocation Data Center
99.982% uptime SLA · N+1 redundancy · Concurrent maintainability
📖 Tier III = only 1.6 hours downtime per year
📚 You'll Learn
  • Why infrastructure placement determines survival
  • How cascade failures propagate
  • Why 6 professional roles see designs differently
  • Recognize cost-tunneling bias
🏆 How to Win
  • ⚡❄️ Infrastructure first — before racks
  • 🔋🧯 Build for failure — UPS + fire
  • 📊 Balance 8 dimensions — no single-axis
  • 👥 Satisfy 6 stakeholders
Round 1 — Blind: Drag tiles, watch demands, survive waves. Each role scores your build.
Round 2 — Guided: Mentor walks you through the optimal Fortress pattern step by step.
$80 budget · 6 minutes. The score gap = the learning.
W1 Normal: Tests ⚡+❄️ coverage. Dead racks = wasted money.
W2 Heat: Cooling radius halves. Edge racks overheat.
W3 Outage+Fire: Generators off. Only UPS works. Fire spreads.
FIRST
🎯
Blind Challenge
Your instincts + role demands.
SECOND
🧠
Guided Mode
Mentor + ghost + live dashboard.
NEXUS-DC
Time
6:00
Budget
$80
Racks
0
1️⃣Select a tile from the left palette, then click a grid cell to place it. Hover tiles for details.
2️⃣Infrastructure first! Place ⚡ Generators + ❄️ Cooling before 🖥️ Racks. Racks need BOTH to function.
3️⃣Protect for failure. 🔋 UPS saves racks in blackout. 🧯 Fire blocks fire spread. Skipping = Wave 3 disaster.
4️⃣Center-place infrastructure — a center generator covers 25 cells vs only 9 on a corner. Position matters!
5️⃣Watch the 6 stakeholders below — their satisfaction after each wave affects your final score. Read their demands.
🎯When ready, hit ▶ Simulate to test your design against 3 escalating disaster waves. Good luck!
Grid colors: ⚡ Power only ❄️ Cooling only ✅ Both — place racks here! Hover preview $80 budget · 6 min · 10×7 grid
💡Tips & Demands
SIMULATION
Wave
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Revenue
$0
Uptime
100%
⚡Wave 1: Tests ⚡+❄️ coverage. Uncovered racks = instant death.
🔥Wave 2: Heat wave. Cooling range halves. Edge racks overheat.
⚫Wave 3: Grid fails. Only 🔋 UPS works. Fire spreads without 🧯.
Progress:
📡Simulation Briefing
Simulation Complete
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Composite Score
👥 Stakeholder Satisfaction
🔍 Wave Analysis
📊 How Your Score Was Calculated
🛠️ How To Improve
📚 What You'll Learn in Training
📋 Attempt Board
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