Most data center operators have failed to carry out an up-to-date risk assessment to prepare for hitherto unlikely events and gradual changes caused by climate change. As a result, their facilities and businesses may be vulnerable as the threat incre...
Making sense of the seemingly contradictory data from the 2018 Annual Data Center Survey
For the better part of a decade, operators have agonized over how to reduce energy waste. By and large, they have succeeded–the average PUE, the industry’s most common infrastructure efficiency metric, was a record low in this year ’s survey. Yet the...
New Uptime Institute research data shows that downtime is common and may even be increasing, in spite of many advances. Complexity and extensive use of third parties has made life more difficult for management.
Intelligence Team
Andy Lawrence