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Anthony Sbarra Laurie Williams
8 hours ago
Uptime Institute 2024 Global Data Center Survey - Supplier View [Results and Crosstab files]

The 14th edition of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of vendors, product suppliers, engineering firms, and consultants in the areas of data center spending, customer challenges, supply chains,…

Data Assets
Peter Judge
14 hours ago
Data center resource use will raise deep questions — and opposition

As AI supercharges the growth in data center energy demands, new developments are likely to be increasingly politicized. Central governments may support their expansion, but opposition from local authorities and environmentalists will grow.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Daniel Bizo
2 days ago
AI to trigger radical overhaul of data center electrification

Supersized generative AI models are placing onerous demands on both IT and facilities infrastructure. The challenge for next-generation AI infrastructure will be power, forcing operators to explore new electrification architectures.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Andy Lawrence
4 days ago
Grid demand will require active participation from data centers

Power grids are under stress, struggling to meet future demand and increasingly prone to outages. More utilities will expect data centers to contribute power — and be more flexible in their use of power.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
12 Dec 2024
Why AWS’s AI strategy is a sprint

Cloud providers need to win AI use cases in their early stages of development. If they fail to attract customers, their AI applications may be locked-in to rival platforms and harder to move, which can have serious repercussions.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Max Smolaks
11 Dec 2024
Nvidia’s vision for data centers may be a false prophecy

Nvidia’s dominant position in the AI hardware market may be steering data center design in the wrong direction. This dominance will be harder to sustain as enterprises begin to understand AI and opt for cheaper, simpler hardware.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
John O'Brien
9 Dec 2024
Data center management software: optimizing the IT

As operators expand their use of hybrid IT and cloud, optimizing the IT could help alleviate concerns over availability and efficiency. This report is part two of a four-part series on data center management software.

Intelligence Updates 8 min read
Max Smolaks Daniel Bizo Chris Brown Jacqueline Davis
6 Dec 2024
REPLAY | Uptime Intelligence Client Webinar: Cooling the AI heat wave

In this inaugural Uptime Intelligence client webinar, Uptime experts discuss and answer questions on cooling technologies and strategies to address AI workloads. Uptime Intelligence client webinars are only available for Uptime Intelligence…

On-Demand Webinars 60 min
Dr. Owen Rogers
6 Dec 2024
How tagging provides better management of cloud costs

Visibility into costs remains a top priority for enterprises that are consuming cloud services. Improving the tagging of workloads and resources may help them to spot, and curb, rising costs.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Michael O'Neil
4 Dec 2024
Addressing supply chain risk in data center cybersecurity

Cyber strategies need to extend beyond the facility to reduce third-party supplier threat risks. Data center executives should apply robust, consistent supply chain risk management practices to critical data center technologies

Briefing Reports 10 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
2 Dec 2024
Most AI models will be trained in the cloud

The cost and complexity of deploying large-scale GPU clusters for generative AI training will drive many enterprises to the public cloud. Most enterprises will use pre-trained foundation models, to reduce computational overheads.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Daniel Bizo
29 Nov 2024
Immersion cooling evolves in response to IT power density

Generative AI is not only accelerating the adoption of liquid cooling but also its technical evolution. Partly due to runaway silicon thermal power levels, this has led to a convergence in technical development across vendors.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Peter Judge
28 Nov 2024
Hydrogen fuel cells: a niche option for standby power

Hydrogen from renewable sources is in short supply. While future plentiful supplies are planned, currently only a very small number of data centers are using hydrogen for standby power.

Briefing Reports 16 min read
Max Smolaks
27 Nov 2024
Why bigger is not better: gen AI models are shrinking

Not all generative AI applications will require large and dense infrastructure footprints. This complicates AI power consumption projections and data center planning.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Andy Lawrence
26 Nov 2024
AI: enterprises are active — but cautious

Enterprises have much enthusiasm for AI, interviews and workshops by Uptime Intelligence suggest, but this is tempered by caution. Most hope to avoid disruptive, expensive or careless investments.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read