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Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2022

The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey is the most comprehensive of its kind. The findings reveal the experiences of data center operators in the areas of performance, resiliency, efficiency and sustainability.

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.In the past two years, an…

22 Aug 2022
Data center operators cautiously support nuclear

The value, role and safety of nuclear power has strongly divided opinion, both in favor of and against, since the 1950s. This debate has now, in 2022, reached a critical point again as energy security and prices cause increasing concern globally …

1 Aug 2022
Silicon heatwave: the looming change in data center climates

A rapid rise in the concentration of processor thermal power will have far-reaching consequences, not only for servers but for facility design and operations.

27 Jul 2022
Extreme heat stress-tests European data centers — again

An extreme heat wave swept across much of Western Europe on July 18 and 19, hitting some of the largest metropolitan areas such as Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris — which are also global data center hubs with hundreds of megawatts of capacity…

8 Jul 2022
Sustainability laws set to drive real change

Nearly 15 years ago – in 2008 – Uptime Institute presented a paper titled “The gathering storm.” The paper was about the inevitability of a struggle against climate change and how this might play out for the power-hungry data center and IT sector…

8 Jun 2022
Direct liquid cooling: pressure is rising but constraints remain

Direct liquid cooling (DLC) is a collection of techniques that removes heat by circulating a coolant to IT electronics. Even though the process is far more efficient than using air, the move to liquid cooling has been largely confined to select…

The coming era of direct liquid cooling: it’s when, not if

Shifts in business expectations and technical requirements are moving data center operators towards direct liquid cooling. There are hurdles to overcome, but many in the industry expect this evolution to be just a matter of time.

Navigating regulations and standards

Data centers are subject to an expanding set of sustainability measurement and reporting requirements — most are voluntary but will increasingly be mandated. Operators need to prepare to meet these requirements.

Three key elements: water, circularity and siting

As part of a sustainability strategy, focused attention on water use, circularity requirements and data center siting / design specifications will contribute significantly to sustainable data center operations.

IT efficiency: the critical core of digital sustainability

Data center operators can combine existing reliability, resiliency and performance metrics with freshly minted sustainability benchmarks to convey a compelling IT system efficiency message.

Reducing the energy footprint

Energy consumption by data centers has a significant environmental impact and operating cost. Consequently, tracking energy-related measurements and metrics should be embedded in routine business processes and operations.

Tackling greenhouse gases

A data center GHG emissions reduction plan should optimize and minimize energy consumption and focus on the procurement of renewable or zero-emissions energy to supply the facility.

Creating a sustainability strategy

This report, the first in a series, sets out the main elements of a digital infrastructure sustainability strategy and details some of the processes, challenges, metrics and outcomes.

Glossary of digital infrastructure sustainability

This high-level glossary of terms accompanies the Uptime Institute Intelligence report series, ‘Digital infrastructure sustainability — A manager’s guide’.

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