PUE measures facility energy overhead relative to IT load, but it does not show how much of a site's provisioned power envelope ultimately reaches IT. Power and compute effectiveness (PCE) introduces a metric that makes this allocation visible.
Some countries are attempting to create capacity headroom for new facilities by applying efficiency limits to existing data centers. In Singapore, reducing PUE will be expensive for operators.
Growing workload demand continued to drive capacity growth in 2025. Results from the Uptime Institute Service Providers and Capacity Survey 2025 offer an insight into trends in capacity growth and the adoption of hybrid strategies.
Net-zero timelines are becoming more realistic
Mandated off-grid power could derail cloud expansion
IT power thresholds can incentivize server inefficiency
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Emerging life safety challenges in modern data centers
AI use policies and guardrails accelerate operations adoption, reduce risk
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Rensa and the PreVent Air Intake Filtration System
Thoughts on "hot work."
The struggle between AI and net-zero is becoming visible
Why inference will become a ubiquitous IT workload
Musk's moonshot project faces astronomical challenges
Next-gen GPUs may not need chillers — but data centers do
Liquid cooling will not outgrow its high-density niche
Coolant distribution units can complicate commissioning
Ireland's new grid rules signal shift in data center roles
New power architectures to reshape data center design
Giant data center power plans reach extreme levels
Resiliency will be re-examined, but few will compromise
EU power providers urged to protect grids from data centers
What cloud sovereignty really means
Digital twins and DCIM: why data quality must come first
France sets strict PUE and WUE thresholds as tax incentive
Microsoft’s Community-First Plan needs more work
