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Daniel Bizo
27 Sep 2024
Erratic power profiles of AI clusters: the root causes

AI training clusters can show rapid and large swings in power consumption. This behavior is likely driven by a combination of properties of both modern compute silicon and AI training software — and may be difficult to manage at scale.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
John O'Brien
20 Sep 2024
Will legislation change how finance uses public cloud?

Uptime analysis suggests a growing interest in public cloud by financial institutions. But concerns over cloud providers’ support for regulation compliance ahead of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act may cause some to pull back.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Jabari Williams-George
27 Aug 2024
UPS component failures: what are the leading issues?

UPS systems are the number one root cause of significant and severe outages. Analysis of reliability data from data center management software provider Fulcrum Collaborations sheds more light on the prevalent UPS component failures.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Andy Lawrence Max Smolaks
22 Jul 2024
Global IT disruption highlights concentration, third-party risk

Several recent outages have exposed the global dependency on a small number of third-party suppliers — and governments around the world are already taking note.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Andy Lawrence
24 May 2024
High-impact outages highlight ongoing resiliency challenges

Three recent data center outages illustrate the truth of the adage: “You can’t contract out responsibility.”

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Andy Lawrence Douglas Donnellan Chris Brown
28 Mar 2024
REPLAY | Webinar: Annual Outage Analysis 2024

Uptime Institute draws lessons from global outages data for 2024’s annual benchmark review of the impacts, costs and changing types and frequency of crucial infrastructure failures.

On-Demand Webinars 60 min
Douglas Donnellan Andy Lawrence
27 Mar 2024
Annual outage analysis 2024

Avoiding digital infrastructure failures remains paramount for data center owners and operators. This report analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outage trends: their causes, costs and consequences.

Keynote Reports 35 min read
John O'Brien Adam Page
4 Mar 2024
Cloud outage insurance: assessing policy options

Cloud-related outages pose a serious financial risk to operators of mission-critical digital infrastructure. And a rising number of high-cost outages suggests that insurers may have a role to play.

Keynote Reports 20 min read
Andy Lawrence
23 Jan 2024
Resiliency v. low PUE: regulators a catalyst for innovation?

Germany’s Energy Efficiency Act makes a PUE of 1.2 mandatory for all new data centers starting in 2026. This has reignited a debate: can a data center be both highly available and highly efficient?

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Douglas Donnellan
1 Jan 2024
Uptime Intelligence Research Agenda

The latest Uptime Intelligence research agenda includes a list all published and planned reports from January 2024 to October 2024, and is focused on Uptime Intelligence primary coverage areas: 1) power generation, distribution, energy storage; 2)…

Intelligence Updates 9 min read
Jacqueline Davis Daniel Bizo
8 Nov 2023
Resiliency considerations with direct liquid cooling

DLC promises attractive thermal performance and economics, but data center operators looking to adopt it will need to examine how they define and uphold their resiliency standard as product designs and resiliency guidance evolve.

Briefing Reports 35 min read
Andy Lawrence
14 Sep 2023
Consensus on regulatory goals hides national differences

Attitudes to critical infrastructure regulation vary across the world, with the regulators and the regulated mostly agreeing about the goal, role and application of new rules. The US, however, remains an outlier.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Douglas Donnellan
24 Aug 2023
Regulations drive investments in cybersecurity and efficiency

Regulatory concerns over security, resiliency and energy use have led to a wave of new and updated requirements for data centers. Organizations are beginning to invest more to achieve compliance.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Douglas Donnellan Daniel Bizo Jacqueline Davis Andy Lawrence Dr. Owen Rogers Lenny Simon Max Smolaks
10 Jul 2023
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023

The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of data center owners and operators in areas of resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and innovative technologies.

Keynote Reports 45 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
15 Jun 2023
Who is responsible for cloud data resiliency and availability?

Organizations encounter a bewildering assortment of cloud storage platforms. The difference between the offerings lies in who is responsible for scaling, resiliency and performance: the provider or the customer.

Briefing Reports 12 min read