The prevention of outages has always been a top priority for data center owners and operators — but outages do occur. This report analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outages: their causes, costs and consequences.
Organizations that architect resiliency into their cloud applications should expect a sharp rise in carbon emissions and costs. Some architectures provide a better compromise on cost, carbon and availability than others.
IT operators lack a credible work-per-energy metric to report overall IT and facilities system efficiency. Developments in reporting IT equipment work capacities enable the industry to begin experimenting with this metric.
In the US, data center pushback is all about power
GPU utilization is a confusing metric
Mentorships: practical strategies for retaining new employees
REPLAY | Annual Data Center Outage Analysis 2025
REPLAY | European Cybersecurity Regulation and its Impact on Digital Infrastructures
RECAP | Uptime Network EMEA Spring Conference 2025, Amsterdam
AI in Data Center Operations
How does Delta’s UPS quality compare to established suppliers?
Power Capacity within Data Center Racks
Water is local: generalities do not apply
Density choices for AI training are increasingly complex
AI load and chiller systems: key considerations
Are data centers to blame for power quality issues?
Small modular reactors: building critical mass
The DeepSeek paradox: more efficiency, more infrastructure?
Digital twins: reshaping AI infrastructure planning
OPINION | For a grid connection, form a disorderly line
On-premises clouds: not so plane and simple
DORA update: what the EU act means for data centers
Tariff tensions undermine trust in cloud hyperscalers
Data center AI strategies are mixed in early 2025
DeepSeek bans: implications for data centers
Hardware for AI: options and directions
The booming data center sector grapples with tariff chaos
EU climate reporting: simplification is not simple