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Jacqueline Davis Daniel Bizo
27 Apr 2022
The ultimate liquid cooling: heat rejection into water

Uptime Institute’s data on power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a testament to the progress the data center industry has made in energy efficiency over the past 10 years. However, global average PUEs have been largely stalling at close to 1.6 since…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
6 Apr 2022
Cloud SLAs punish, not compensate

A service level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a cloud provider and a user. The SLA describes the provider’s minimum level of service, specified by performance metrics, and the compensation due to the user should the provider fail to deliver…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
29 Mar 2022
Cloud price increases damage trust

In general, the prices of cloud services either remain level or decrease. There are occasional price increases, but these are typically restricted to specific features; blanket price increases across product families are rare.Price cuts are often…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Lenny Simon Daniel Bizo
24 Mar 2022
Direct liquid cooling bubbles to the surface

Conditions will soon be ripe for widespread use of direct liquid cooling (DLC) — a collection of techniques that uses fluid to remove heat from IT electronics instead of air — and it may even become essential.

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Dr. Owen Rogers
17 Mar 2022
Cloud generations drive down prices

Cloud providers need to deliver the newest capability to stay relevant. Few enterprises will accept working with outdated technology just because it's consumable as a cloud service. However, existing cloud instances don’t migrate automatically.…

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Daniel Bizo
3 Feb 2022
Moore’s law resumes – but not for all

In recent years, the IT industry and trade press were abuzz about the end of Moore’s law (the expectation that the scale of integration for chips doubles about every two years), and what that means for IT buyers. IT buyers saw a slowdown of…

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Andy Lawrence
8 Dec 2021
Are proof-of-work blockchains a corporate sustainability issue?

The data center and IT industry is a relatively minor — but nevertheless significant — contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The issue of wasteful digital infrastructure energy consumption is now high on many corporate agendas and is prompting…

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Jacqueline Davis
26 Oct 2021
Does the spread of direct liquid cooling make PUE less relevant?

The power usage effectiveness (PUE) metric is predominant thanks to its universal applicability and its simplicity: energy used by the entire data center, divided by energy used by the IT equipment. However, its simplicity could limit its future…

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Andy Lawrence
23 Aug 2021
Operators’ expectations for artificial intelligence fall

Most new technologies go through a hype cycle: A spark of interest and early investment is followed by a surge of hype, then a crash of expectations as reality sets in. Only over time and a period of work, absorption and adjustment does the…

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Daniel Bizo
6 Aug 2021
Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types

Through their public commitments to net-zero carbon emission targets, cloud providers have re-energized talks in the data center sector of a major redesign of critical power systems. The elimination of diesel fuel use is chief among the goals, but…

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Uptime Intelligence Staff
22 Dec 2020
A surge of innovation

Data center operators (and enterprise IT) are generally cautious adopters of new technologies. Only a few (beyond hyperscale operators) try to gain a competitive advantage through their early use of technology. Rather, they have a strong preference…

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Uptime Intelligence Staff
22 Dec 2020
Edge – the next frontier

One of the most widely anticipated trends in IT and infrastructure is significant new demand for edge computing, fueled by technologies such as 5G, IoT and AI. To date, net new demand for edge computing — processing, storing and integrating data…

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Andy Lawrence
5 Aug 2020
Lithium-ion batteries: An ethical dimension?

One of the emerging trends in data centers is the use of lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries, both for distributed and centralized uninterruptible power supplies. Research by Uptime Institute and others predicts high levels of adoption in the years ahead…

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Uptime Intelligence Staff
4 Dec 2019
Cloud computing’s cold war: EU vs US and China

European officials have long eyed the rise of the big US cloud companies with suspicion and envy. Among their concerns is the European Union’s reliance on non-European providers of cloud computing and a need for ”data sovereignty,” or giving…

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Uptime Intelligence Staff
4 Dec 2019
The internet tilts toward the edge

IT infrastructure — and the internet — has grown much, much bigger but not closer, or at least not close enough to support the anticipated wave of edge computing. Adoption of the internet of things, 5G and other edge applications is set to have a…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read