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Five data center predictions for 2025
Keynote Reports
28 min read
12 Dec 2024
Why AWS’s AI strategy is a sprint
Cloud providers need to win AI use cases in their early stages of development. If they fail to attract customers, their AI applications may be locked-in to rival platforms and harder to move, which can have serious repercussions.
Intelligence Updates
4 min read
11 Dec 2024
Nvidia’s vision for data centers may be a false prophecy
Nvidia's dominant position in the AI hardware market may be steering data center design in the wrong direction. This dominance will be harder to sustain as enterprises begin to understand AI and opt for cheaper, simpler hardware.
6 Dec 2024
REPLAY | Uptime Intelligence Client Webinar: Cooling the AI heat wave
Chris Brown
In this inaugural Uptime Intelligence client webinar, Uptime experts discuss and answer questions on cooling technologies and strategies to address AI workloads. Uptime Intelligence client webinars are only available for Uptime Intelligence…
2 Dec 2024
Most AI models will be trained in the cloud
The cost and complexity of deploying large-scale GPU clusters for generative AI training will drive many enterprises to the public cloud. Most enterprises will use pre-trained foundation models, to reduce computational overheads.
Intelligence Updates
5 min read
27 Nov 2024
Why bigger is not better: gen AI models are shrinking
Not all generative AI applications will require large and dense infrastructure footprints. This complicates AI power consumption projections and data center planning.
Intelligence Updates
6 min read
26 Nov 2024
AI: enterprises are active – but cautious
Enterprises have much enthusiasm for AI, interviews and workshops by Uptime Intelligence suggest, but this is tempered by caution. Most hope to avoid disruptive, expensive or careless investments.
Intelligence Updates
7 min read
13 Nov 2024
Understanding AI deployment methods and locations
Enterprises have various options on how and where to deploy their AI training and inference workloads. This report explains how these different options balance cost, complexity and customization.
Intelligence Updates
6 min read
8 Nov 2024
What is the outlook for GPU cloud providers?
To meet the demand driven by AI workloads, a new breed of cloud provider has emerged, delivering inexpensive GPU infrastructure as a service. Their services are highly demanded today, but longer-term, the market is ripe for consolidation.
Intelligence Updates
7 min read
30 Oct 2024
AI adoption in data centers: an insight into job displacement
Many speculate that AI and automation might replace humans in data center jobs but there is little evidence to support this line of thought. The data center industry has characteristics that researchers believe may protect against worker displacement
Intelligence Updates
6 min read
26 Sep 2024
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024: regional view
This report provides a regional view of the results from the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024 and highlights some of the different challenges and strategies of data center owners and operators across the globe.
Data Reports
4 min read
21 Aug 2024
Building trust: working with AI-based tools
Trust in AI as a tool for data center operations has declined sharply in the past three years. It is possible to control for the factors that drive mistrust - and see better outcomes when employees interact with AI-based systems.
7 Aug 2024
2024 AI and Software Survey [Results and Crosstab files]
Anthony Sbarra
Laurie Williams
Results from Uptime Institute's 2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software Survey (n=956) outline the role of AI in data center facilities, including workloads, as well as the practical and cost considerations of AI. It also explores other…
31 Jul 2024
REPLAY | Uptime Institute global data center survey results 2024
The data center industry's largest and most influential survey results are in! Join us as we discuss the 14th Annual Uptime Global Data Center Survey 2024 which reveals an industry that is expanding, and is also planning for major technological,…
Douglas Donnellan
Andy Lawrence
Daniel Bizo
Peter Judge
John O'Brien
Jacqueline Davis
Max Smolaks
Jabari Williams-George
Rose Weinschenk
The 14th edition of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of data center owners and operators in the areas of resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and AI.
Keynote Reports
27 min read
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