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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.

19 Aug 2024
Hydrogen in data centers: an introduction

Hydrogen is a promising energy storage medium that can help decarbonize infrastructure. It is not a great fit for the majority of data centers, and the hydrogen economy is not fully developed.

Hardware for AI: what makes it different

Most operators will be familiar with the outrageous power and cooling demands of hardware for generative AI. Why are these systems so difficult to accommodate, and what does this mean for the future of data center design?

Intelligence Updates 10 min read
 
5 Jul 2024
Interest in two-phase cooling warms up

Two-phase immersion was expected to revolutionize data center cooling but proved difficult to implement. With escalating silicon thermal power, two-phase is gaining substantial interest again, just in a different form: direct-to-chip liquid cooling.

 
Air cooling’s third wind

This report discusses recent innovations in air cooling, such as advanced evaporative cooling methods, AI-driven facility management and cutting-edge server heat sinks.

 
Is this air cooling’s last gasp?

Alongside continued developments in liquid cooling, there are reports of air-cooled data centers that achieve standout levels of efficiency. Uptime explores the factors that combine to enable exceptional efficiency in air cooling.

The impact of AI on data center operations (Part I)

This report outlines the characteristics of machine learning (ML) applications, describes production use cases for ML-based software in data center M&O, and profiles several vendors offering AI-based functionality in their products.

Keynote Reports 24 min read
 
30 Apr 2024
Underwater data centers: lessons from the deep

Underwater data centers promise to be both economical and sustainable. The prerequisite densification of infrastructure and unmanned operations may only suit specific workloads, but lessons learned under water may influence land facilities.

1 Feb 2024
What is the role of AI in digital infrastructure management?

This update examines the differences between machine learning and traditional software development and outlines the terms and definitions that may help digital infrastructure operators to understand the role and impact of AI.

 
5 Jan 2024
AI startups innovate in cooling and IT ops

Pressure to improve data center efficiency and sustainability is driving interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Several startups aim to deliver new capabilities in IT power management and cooling optimization.

20 Dec 2023
Data center management software is evolving — at last

A new approach to data center management, proposed by data scientists and statisticians, looks to augment the functionality of tools like BMS and DCIM software by focusing on data, not equipment.

 
14 Dec 2023
Hunger for AI will have limited impact on most operators

Despite high expectations, most operators will only see moderate impact from specialized AI hardware installations in the immediate future. The emergence of AI as a major force will sway the industry in a more profound, but less direct, fashion.

 
1 Dec 2023
Performance expectations of liquid cooling need a reality check

Thermal trends in server silicon will challenge assumptions that underpin efficiency and sustainability expectations around DLC. Limited visibility of future server cooling requirements means operators can only make an educated guess.

 
What role might generative AI play in the data center?

The propensity to confidently give false information likely disqualifies generative AI from operational decision-making. However, this type of AI, with human supervision, could enhance other aspects of data center management.

 
Operators’ trust in AI drops

The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023 shows that trust in artificial intelligence as a tool capable of making operational decisions has fallen sharply year on year. What is causing this reaction?

 
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