Douglas
Donnellan
Under the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), data centers designated as "critical" for their role in financial services will face direct regulatory oversight and new resiliency requirements.
Douglas Donnellan
Douglas is a Research Analyst at Uptime Institute covering sustainability in data centers. His background includes environmental research and communications, with a strong focus on education.
ddonnellan@uptimeinstitute.com
Latest Research
DORA update: what the EU act means for data centers
Data center AI strategies are mixed in early 2025
Nearly one in three operators report that their organization performs AI training and inference in early 2025. Although most operators plan to support AI in the future, current infrastructure strategies offer insight into how future deployments may…
Sustainability requirements rise as climate risks intensify
Rose
Weinschenk
Most data center organizations conduct climate change/ weather-related resiliency assessments in 2025 â even if it is not a formal requirement. Additionally, many enterprises demand these assessments from their cloud and colocation service…
Cloud cost savings depend on application design
Dr. Owen
Rogers
Scalability and cost efficiency are the top reasons enterprises migrate to the cloud, but scalability issues due to application design flaws can lead to spiralling costs - and some workload repatriation to on-premises facilities
AI adds to rising demand for capacity
Capacities continue to grow for both enterprises and colocation providers, with colocation companies expanding more rapidly. Growth in general-purpose IT remains the single greatest driver of rising data center demand overall, but the need to…
Cloud repatriation is overstated
The main reason enterprises are repatriating workloads from the cloud to their own data centers is due to spiraling costs. However, most enterprises are continuing to use several public clouds alongside on-premises facilities in a hybrid IT strategy…
REPLAY | Five data center predictions for 2025
Andy
Lawrence
Max
Smolaks
Daniel
Bizo
Uptime Intelligence surveys the data center industry landscape to look deeper at what can actually happen in 2025 and beyond based on the latest trends and developments. The stronghold that AI has on the industry is a constant discussion - but how…
Uptime's predictions for 2025: an overview
This summary of the 2025 predictions highlights the growing concerns and opportunities around AI for data centers.
Five data center predictions for 2025
Peter
Judge
Uptime Intelligence looks beyond the more obvious trends of 2025 and examines some of the latest developments and challenges shaping the data center industry.
Enterprise and colocation operators face rising costs in 2025
Most data center operators plan to spend more in 2025 than the previous year. However, spending strategies vary widely between enterprises and colocation providers, and each faces its own risks from supply chain issues. Results from the Uptime…
Uptime Intelligence 2024 Research Reports
As a quick reference, we have provided links below to all the research reports published by Uptime Intelligence in 2024, by month. Research areas focused on 1) power generation, distribution, energy storage; 2) data center management software; 3)…
Cyber incidents are common — and often significant
Results from the Uptime Institute Security Survey 2024 highlight the different cybersecurity approaches used by operators against a widening range of threats.
Weak security processes can increase impact of failures
Data center outage recovery processes often overlook integrated cybersecurity systems. Power outages can disrupt these systems and prevent operators from accessing critical platforms.
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024: regional view
The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, now in its 14th year, is the most comprehensive and longest-running study of its kind. This report provides a regional view of the results and highlights the different challenges and strategies of data…
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024: supplier view
The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, now in its 14th year, is the most comprehensive and longest-running study of its kind. This report highlights some of the results from vendor, consultant and product supplier respondents and provides…
