European Union (EU) regulators wrapped up 2022 with new legislation introducing stricter requirements for data center operators. Four major regulations were passed (with strong majorities) in the European Parliament β most of these having beenβ¦
The European Commission (EC) has published a draft technical document on data center metrics and reporting obligations in support of the deployment of its Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) recast. The Directive is intended to encourage operators toβ¦
The COVID-19 pandemic β and the subsequent disruption to supply chains β demonstrated the data center industryβs reliance on interdependent global markets and the components they produce. Although the data center sector was just one of manyβ¦
Uptime Institute Intelligence looks beyond some of the more obvious trends of 2023 β that the sector continues to expand and innovate while facing stricter regulatory requirements β and identifies some challenging issues.
Results from Uptime Instituteβs Data Center and IT Spending Survey 2022 reveal how enterprise operators and colocation providers are adapting their spending strategies to meet the growing demand for digital services.
The European Commissionβs (ECβs) proposed recast of its Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) sets out new and strict reporting requirements for data centers operating in the EU. If passed, data centers with 100 kilowatts or more total installed ITβ¦
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.
When Uptime Institute Intelligence surveyed data center infrastructure operators about supply chain issues in August 2021, more than two-thirds of respondents had experienced some shortages in the previous 18 months. Larger operations bore the bruntβ¦
Although big-name hyperscalers such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft dominate the cloud arena, other companies also believe they have a role to play. Vultr, OVHcloud, Linode, DigitalOcean, Bluehost and Scaleway, for example, donβt offer hugeβ¦
Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has successfully mounted a challenge to Intelβs dominance in data center processors by focusing on energy-efficient server chips. AMD plans to further expand its presence in data centers by bringing moreβ¦
A single tweet in May 2021 brought unprecedented public attention to a relatively unknown issue. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that because of the large energy consumption associated with the use of Bitcoin, Tesla would no longer accept it as currencyβ¦
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.
Avoiding downtime remains a top priority for managers of critical digital infrastructure. As the demands placed on IT change, so do the types, frequency and impacts of outages. This report draws lessons from recent outage data.
How is the Ukraine conflict affecting digital infrastructure and the data sector? In response to multiple queries, Uptime Institute Intelligence has identified six main areas where operators and customers of digital infrastructure are experiencingβ¦
A service level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a cloud provider and a user. The SLA describes the providerβs minimum level of service, specified by performance metrics, and the compensation due to the user should the provider fail to deliverβ¦