The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, now in its 16th year, highlights the practices, perceptions, intentions and experiences of data center owners and operators across resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and AI.
The industry-average PUE decreases slowly, with efficient new data centers offset by legacy facilities. Weighting the average by IT capacity instead reveals a faster pace of efficiency gains from larger new builds.
Can batteries transform how data centers power AI and connect to the grid? To do so, BESS technologies will need further economic and technical improvements to unlock faster interconnections, cleaner energy and smarter power control.
Assessing data center operating headroom for extreme weather
Near miss highlights need for new grid codes
Handling AI power fluctuations at the root cause
NERC Computational loads reliability standards
Critical spares management: In-House vs. Spare-Parts-as-a-Service
Copper is becoming a systems constraint, not just a commodity issue
Last week listened to a very good webinar delivered by the Reliability Web on hidden…
Do you use AI to detect and report underutilized IT hardware?
Flash AIR: 2026-02-04 - Axial Cooling Fan Failures
AI-accelerated digital twins: lessons for operators
Data centers face new scrutiny over heat island effect
A culture of token abundance collides with financial reality
Rethinking thermal storage as a capacity tool
Consensus and confusion in liquid cooling maintenance
Dry cooling energy performance can rival evaporative cooling
Draft grid rules position data centers as active grid participants
Hourly-matched net-zero by 2030 was an unrealistic Holy Grail
Is demand response a viable accelerator for grid interconnects?
Cloud availability improved in 2025 — but worst cases worsen
Mitigating lithium-ion fire risks: a review
Choosing an AI training venue: speed versus control
Preventing skill decay as AI use expands
Ireland: on-site power is forced through the grid
Grid flexibility classification gives structure to demand response
