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Jay Dietrich
4 Sep 2023
IT sustainability: achieving more transactions per megawatt hour Q&A

This Q&A brings together questions and answers from a webinar on the transactions per megawatt hour metric. Topics include power management, server refresh and sustainability, GHG emissions, IT metrics and utilization rates.

20 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
4 Sep 2023
Efficient servers hold the key to energy efficient data centers

Improving data center infrastructure energy efficiency is vital in helping organizations contain costs and carbon emissions that result from IT growth. This report compares seven projects using a data- and experience-based model.

Briefing Reports 33 min read
Douglas Donnellan
7 Aug 2023
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023: supplier view

As part of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023, data center equipment vendors and consultants were asked about customer spending, supply chains and DCIM adoption. This report highlights the key findings.

Data Reports 9 min read
Andy Lawrence
10 Jul 2023
The strong case for power management

The main payoff is clear: power management’s impact on performance is demonstrably low, and in most cases, customers will probably not notice that it is turned on. Even at higher points of utilization, the impact on performance is minimal.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Douglas Donnellan
19 Jun 2023
Are utility companies needed for pull-the-plug testing? 

The testing of backup power systems is crucial for ensuring that data center operations remain available through power interruptions. By cutting all power to the facility and replicating a real-world electrical grid failure, pull-the-plug testing…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Jacqueline Davis Lenny Simon Daniel Bizo Max Smolaks
16 May 2023
Data center operators will face more grid disturbances

The energy crisis of 2022, resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious problems for data center operators in Europe. Energy prices leapt up and are likely to stay high. This has resulted in ongoing concerns that utilities in some…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Jay Dietrich
2 May 2023
24x7 carbon-free energy (part two): getting to 100%

Digital infrastructure operators have started to refocus their sustainability objectives on 100% 24x7 carbon-free energy (CFE) consumption: using carbon-free energy for every hour of operation. To establish a 24x7 CFE strategy, operators must track…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
20 Apr 2023
Server energy efficiency: five key insights

This report analyzes server data from The Green Grid’s Server Efficiency Rating Tool (SERT) database and provides quantitative guidance to help enterprises estimate their server energy saving potential.

Briefing Reports 9 min read
Jay Dietrich
15 Mar 2023
Sustainability: GHG emissions and renewables procurement Q&A

Topics discussed include: the collection and management of greenhouse gas emissions data, the options for dealing with Scope 3 emissions and the procurement and reporting of renewable energy for both direct consumption and as offsets.

12 min read
Max Smolaks
13 Mar 2023
The effects of a failing power grid in South Africa

European countries narrowly avoided an energy crisis in the past winter months, as a shortfall in fossil fuel supplies from Russia threatened to destabilize power grids across the region. This elevated level of risk to the normally robust European…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence Lenny Simon
10 Mar 2023
Annual outage analysis 2023

There is evidence that outage rates have been gradually falling in recent years. This report brings together and analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outage trends: their causes, costs and consequences.

Keynote Reports 36 min read
Andy Lawrence Douglas Donnellan
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.

Data Reports 8 min read
Douglas Donnellan Dr. Owen Rogers
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.

Data Reports 8 min read
Douglas Donnellan Daniel Bizo Lenny Simon
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.

Data Reports 4 min read
Max Smolaks
25 Aug 2022
Vegetable oil promises a sustainable alternative to diesel

The thousands of gallons of diesel that data centers store on-site to fuel backup generators in the event of a grid outage are hard to ignore — and do little to assist operators’ drive toward tougher sustainability goals.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read