Rose
Weinschenk
Tensions between team members of different ranks or departments can inhibit effective communication in a data center, putting uptime at risk. This can be avoided by adopting proven communication protocols from other mission-critical industries.
Rose Weinschenk
Rose is a Research Associate at Uptime Institute covering staffing and education in data centers. Her background includes psychology research, with a focus on ethics.
RWeinschenk@uptimeinstitute.com
Latest Research
Error-proof emergency communications for facility teams
Annual outage analysis 2025
Douglas
Donnellan
Andy
Lawrence
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.
Mentorships: practical strategies for retaining new employees
Data center owners and operators find it challenging to retain qualified staff. Research-backed strategies can provide solutions for building stronger mentorship programs and improved staff retention.
Sustainability requirements rise as climate risks intensify
Results from the Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2024 reveal how operators navigate climate change risks while expanding efforts to improve their environmental footprint.
Publicly reported outages see increase in deliberate attacks
Major and damaging publicly reported outages are increasingly likely to be due to a deliberate attack — whether cyber or physical, according to Uptime Intelligence public outage data for 2024.
Are data center workforce initiatives effective?
Data shows that cuts to workforce initiatives and mentorships had little effect on the proportion of new hires in 2024. Owners and operators can consider reassessing and restructuring these programs.
Deconstructing NIMBY: how to avoid planning conflicts
Understanding the principles of human behavior and how they relate to community engagement and siting strategies can reduce potential conflict between data centers and local residents
AI adds to rising demand for capacity
This report highlights some of the findings from the Uptime Institute Capacity Trends and Cloud Survey 2024. Findings offer insight into what is driving capacity expansion.
Cloud repatriation is overstated
This report highlights some of the findings from the Uptime Institute Capacity Trends and Cloud Survey 2024. In particular, this report offers an insight into what drives migration to and from the public cloud.
Extended reality offers new training capabilities
New augmented reality and virtual reality technologies can provide effective training capabilities for data center staff but are not yet a complete substitute for in-person training.
Operators struggle to retain staff and fill vacant positions
Staff shortages and recruitment challenges remain the key workforce challenges facing data center owners and operators in 2024. This report highlights some of the findings from the Uptime Institute Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2024.
AI adoption in data centers: an insight into job displacement
Many speculate that AI and automation might replace humans in data center jobs but there is little evidence to support this line of thought. The data center industry has characteristics that researchers believe may protect against worker displacement
Bridging the skills gap: lessons from China
Examining staffing trends in China’s data centers could provide insights into how US and European data center teams can expand their talent pipeline and address workforce shortages caused by an aging population.
Building trust: working with AI-based tools
Trust in AI as a tool for data center operations has declined sharply in the past three years. It is possible to control for the factors that drive mistrust — and see better outcomes when employees interact with AI-based systems.
Sustainability teams: key players and crucial collaborations
Jay
Dietrich
Data center teams and their suppliers need to build a coherent, achievable sustainability strategy to address emerging regulations. Managers should clarify roles and set cross-functional metrics to achieve sustainability goals.
