Douglas Donnellan

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.

Latest Research

3 May 2023
Operators face wider range of resiliency challenges

The Uptime Institute Data Center Resiliency Survey 2023 explores how operators assess operational risks and highlights opportunities for strengthening mitigation strategies.

4 Apr 2023
Approaches to sustainability vary widely

Operators report that their sustainability initiatives not only benefit the environment - they also reduce operating costs and improve customer engagement. Sustainability strategies, however, vary widely.

28 Feb 2023
Operators still grappling with supply chain issues

Uptime Intelligence finds that operators and vendors face major delays in the supply of equipment, and are increasingly dissatisfied with their suppliers.

3 Feb 2023
Uptime Institute Data Center Capacity Trends Survey 2022

Data center capacities continued to grow for colocation and enterprise facilities throughout 2022. Operators appear to be more aware of costs as they look to increase server power densities and reduce energy use.

26 Jan 2023
Data center costs set to rise and rise

Up until two years ago, the cost of building and operating data centers had been falling reasonably steeply. While labor costs have risen during this time, better management, processes and automation have helped to prevent spiraling wage bills.

17 Jan 2023
Energy-efficiency focus to shift to IT — at last

Data centers have become victims of their own success. Ever-larger data centers have mushroomed across the globe in line with an apparently insatiable demand for computing and storage capacity. The associated energy use is not only expensive (and…

16 Jan 2023
EU bids farewell to 2022 with a host of resiliency regulations

European Union (EU) regulators wrapped up 2022 with new legislation introducing stricter requirements for data center operators. Four major regulations were passed (with strong majorities) in the European Parliament — most of these having been…

5 Jan 2023
Five data center predictions for 2023

Uptime Institute Intelligence looks beyond some of the more obvious trends of 2023 - that the sector continues to expand and innovate while facing stricter regulatory requirements - and identifies some challenging issues.

3 Jan 2023
Uptime Institute Data Center and IT Spending Survey 2022

Results from Uptime Institute's Data Center and IT Spending Survey 2022 reveal how enterprise operators and colocation providers are adapting their spending strategies to meet the growing demand for digital services.

9 Dec 2022
Trends and outlook for data center rack densities

Rack power density is a key metric that informs engineers in making design choices for data centers. This data report tracks changes in power densities since 2018, showing a trend towards greater server and rack power.

4 Nov 2022
Sustainability strategies in colocation

This report analyzes how colocation companies are improving sustainability through innovative approaches to cooling infrastructure, energy efficiency, renewable energy procurement, construction and more.

19 Sep 2022
EU's EED recast set to create reporting challenges

The European Commission's (EC's) proposed recast of its Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) sets out new and strict reporting requirements for data centers operating in the EU. If passed, data centers with 100 kilowatts or more total installed IT…

7 Sep 2022
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2022

The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey is the most comprehensive of its kind. The findings reveal the experiences of data center operators in the areas of performance, resiliency, efficiency and sustainability.

17 Aug 2022
Critical regulation: the EU Energy Efficiency Directive recast

The European Commission's proposed recast of its Energy Efficiency Directive promises to transform how operators manage and report energy performance and sustainability in Europe.

24 Jun 2022
Are resiliency laws getting tougher on data centers?

A reliance on digital services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 and governments' increased concerns about the risks and resiliency of digital infrastructure have resulted in numerous new proposals for stricter legislation. If…