Kelly Digital Infrastructure provides specialized workforce and project solutions across the data center lifecycle. Our capabilities span Design & Build, Product & Program Management, Operations and Infrastructure Deployment, including commissioning, manufacturing and product engineering support, operations and maintenance, capacity planning, asset lifecycle, white space deployment, rack and stack, cabling and structured cabling.

Through Contract Staffing, Direct Hire and Scope of Work solutions, we help clients access the specialized engineering, technical, project and field expertise required to build, scale and operate data center infrastructure.

Data center commissioning is typically structured in progressive stages that validate equipment and systems before a facility becomes fully operational. The process generally moves from factory and equipment verification through startup, functional performance testing and integrated systems testing.

At the final stage, systems are tested together under simulated operating and failure conditions to confirm the facility performs as designed. The exact commissioning process can vary by project, owner and facility requirements, with some programs also incorporating design reviews and final documentation and turnover.

Data center workforce needs change throughout the facility lifecycle. During design and construction, teams may include MEP engineers, project and construction managers, controls specialists and commissioning professionals. As a facility moves through commissioning, demand shifts toward commissioning engineers, technicians and other specialists responsible for testing and operational readiness.

Once a facility is live, ongoing operations require professionals across critical facilities, electrical and mechanical systems, controls, maintenance and facility operations. Expansion, refresh and infrastructure deployment can also require structured cabling, rack and stack and other specialized field teams.

Planning for these workforce transitions early helps organizations align the right expertise to each stage of the data center lifecycle.

Structured cabling is the organized physical cabling infrastructure that supports connectivity throughout a data center. It can include copper and fiber cabling, pathways, patch panels, connections and labeling used to connect equipment and systems across the facility.

A well-designed structured cabling environment helps support scalability, organization and ongoing maintenance as infrastructure changes over time. As data centers expand or add capacity, structured cabling provides a consistent foundation for deploying and connecting equipment efficiently.

Data center decommissioning is the controlled retirement of equipment, infrastructure or data center space that is no longer needed. Depending on the project, this can include asset inventory and assessment, equipment removal, cabling and infrastructure removal, system disconnection and coordination of equipment disposition.

Successful decommissioning requires careful planning to minimize disruption to active environments while helping organizations manage infrastructure through the final stage of its lifecycle.

Kelly Digital Infrastructure supports specialized technical and project expertise for data center decommissioning as part of our broader Asset Lifecycle and Operations capabilities.

Hyperscale, colocation and edge data centers serve different infrastructure and operating needs. Hyperscale facilities are typically large environments designed to support significant computing capacity at scale. Colocation facilities provide data center space, power and connectivity that can support multiple customers within a shared facility. Edge data centers bring computing infrastructure closer to users, devices or data sources to support applications where speed and latency are important.

These different environments can also create different workforce and technical requirements across design, construction, deployment and ongoing operations.

The time required to staff a data center project depends on the roles needed, project scope, location, required experience and hiring volume. Specialized or high-volume requirements may also require additional planning to build the right talent pipeline.

Kelly Digital Infrastructure works with clients to understand upcoming workforce needs and develop a delivery approach aligned to project schedules, from individual specialists to larger technical and project teams.

With specialized data center expertise and flexible delivery models including Contract Staffing, Direct Hire, and Scope of Work solutions, we can support workforce needs across design and build, product and program management, operations, and infrastructure deployment.