Colocation and enterprise companies have endured ongoing staffing issues, and accelerated growth in 2026 will strain hiring pools further. Strategies to address worker vacancies vary, but few have been successful.
Giant data centers are being planned and built across the world to support AI, with successful projects forming the backbone of a huge expansion in capacity. But many are also uncertain, indicating risks and persistent headwinds.
Operators in both enterprise and colocation segments anticipate larger budgets in 2026. While capacity expansion remains the primary driver of overall planned spending, investment priorities for supporting growth differ between the two groups. Year…
Uptime Institute's 2025 Service Providers and Capacity Survey (n=872) benchmarks the industry in the areas of public cloud, capacity in owned data centers, and capacity in colocation facilities.The attached data files below provide full results of…
Not all AI is the same; yet broad marketing claims often blur the line between automation and real intelligence. Understanding which AI types truly pose risks is essential in diminishing operator skepticism and fears of hallucinations.
The updated model projects a doubling of power consumption by the end of 2026, with IT loads serving generative AI workloads breaking through 10 GW of capacity.
The European Commission published the final assessment of the data center label and minimum performance standards (MPS) in October. The final delegated act could require posting a label in 2026 or 2027, with MPS values likely to be 2 years away.
There is an expectation that AI will be useful in data center operations. For this to happen, software vendors need to deliver new products and use cases - and these are starting to appear more often.
Uptime Institute's latest Data Center Spending Survey (n=850) looks ahead to data center spending and budgets for 2026, as well as the current supply chain market in the industry.The attached data files below provide full results of the survey,…
A fire in South Korea's government data center shows how a misjudged safety fix and a lithium-ion battery can spark a national outage, proving that battery chemistry, placement, and procedures are central to resilience.
Financial institutions are embracing public cloud for some mission-critical workloads, and using it as a launchpad for AI development.
As IT organizations embrace AI, data center facilities and colocation providers need to plan to deploy the supporting infrastructure - despite many uncertainties. Most, however, are still moving cautiously.
Both colocation and enterprise operators cite recruiting qualified staff as a top concern, according to the Uptime Institute Data Center Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2025. Junior-level facilities employees remain in the shortest supply and…
Research into neuromorphic computing could lead to the creation of smaller, faster and more energy-efficient AI accelerators. This would have a transformative impact on digital infrastructure.
AI is changing how data centers operate, what began with algorithmic fine-tuning of chilled-water plants is now moving into the IT side of operations, closer to the load. But will operators ever trust AI enough to let it run the room?
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