Dr. Carton is currently Research Vice President at Uptime Institute, leading all survey-based research operations and analysis. Prior to Uptime, Paul co-founded and led ChangeWave Research, and has an extensive background in online survey research and the development of Internet research communities.
pcarton@uptimeinstitute.com
Results from Uptime Institute's 2026 Security Survey (n=826), now in its 4rd year, explore major cybersecurity issues facing data centers, as well as the IT and OT systems used to operate critical infrastructure.The attached data files below provide…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2026 Cooling Systems Survey (n=1,034) focus on the usage of data center cooling systems across the industry, zeroing in on the continued adoption of direct liquid cooling.The attached data files below provide full…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2026 Data Center Operations and AI Survey (n=867) focus AI training and AI inference workloads hosted in data centers, as well as how AI workloads are being deployed in terms of data center cooling systems and rack…
The 16th edition of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of data center owners and operators in the areas of resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and AI. The attached data files…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2026 Data Center Resiliency Survey (n=1,035) focus on data center resiliency issues and the impact of outages on the data center sector globally.The attached data files below provide full results of the survey,…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2026 AI Infrastructure Survey (n=1,141) focus on the data center infrastructure currently used or being planned to use to host AI Training and AI Inference, as well as future industry outlooks on the usage of AI. The…
Uptime Institute's Sustainability and Climate Change Survey (n=1,054) benchmarks the data center industry in areas such as sustainability assessments, responses to extreme weather events, and how operators are handling regulatory requirements.The…
Uptime Institute's 2025 Service Providers and Capacity Survey (n=872) benchmarks the industry in the areas of public cloud, capacity in owned data centers, and capacity in colocation facilities.The attached data files below provide full results of…
Uptime Institute's latest Data Center Spending Survey (n=850) looks ahead to data center spending and budgets for 2026, as well as the current supply chain market in the industry.The attached data files below provide full results of the survey,…
Uptime Institute's 2025 Staffing and Recruitment Survey (n=864) focuses on increases in new data center hires and salary spending, as well as issues operators face in recruiting, hiring, and retaining data center facilities staff.The attached data…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2025 Security Survey (n=982), now in its 3rd year, explore major cybersecurity issues facing data centers, as well as the IT and OT systems used to operate critical infrastructure.The attached data files below provide…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2025 Cooling Systems Survey (n=1,033) focus on the usage of data center cooling systems across the industry, zeroing in on the continued adoption of direct liquid cooling.The attached data files below provide full…
The 15th edition of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of data center owners and operators in the areas of resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and AI. The attached data files…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2025 Data Center Resiliency Survey (n=970) focus on data center resiliency issues and the impact of outages on the data center sector globally.The attached data files below provide full results of the survey,…
Results from Uptime Institute's 2025 AI Infrastructure Survey (n=1,062) focus on the data center infrastructure currently used or being planned to use to host AI Training and AI Inference, as well as future industry outlooks on the usage of AI. The…
