Enterprise and colocation operators continue to invest in growth heading into 2026. However, survey results suggest that strategies for balancing IT, capacity and workforce spending will diverge in the year ahead.
Operators report fewer supply chain disruptions in 2025, but delays remain common. Access to key equipment and progress on capital projects still vary by region and segment, even as demand continues to add pressure.
Staffing and retention issues continue to put pressure on the data center industry. Colocation and enterprise operators cite recruiting qualified staff as a top concern, according to the Uptime's Data Center Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2025.
Cybersecurity issues remain a major threat to the industry. This report highlights findings from the Uptime Institute Data Center Security Survey 2025, including costs and the persistence of IT software and network configuration issues.
This report highlights results from vendor, consultant and product supplier respondents to the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025. It provides an insight into the spending strategies, technology adoption and issues facing their customer.
This report provides a regional view of the results from the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025 and highlights some of the different challenges and strategies of data center owners and operators across the globe.
Direct liquid cooling adoption remains slow, but rising rack densities and the cost of maintaining air cooling systems may drive change. Barriers to integration include a lack of industry standards and concerns about potential system failures.
Organizations currently performing AI training and inference leverage resources from a mix of facilities. However, most prioritize on-premises data centers, driven by data sovereignty needs and access to hardware.
Results from the Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2024 reveal how operators navigate climate change risks while expanding efforts to improve their environmental footprint.
This report highlights some of the findings from the Uptime Institute Capacity Trends and Cloud Survey 2024. Findings offer insight into what is driving capacity expansion.
This report highlights some of the findings from the Uptime Institute Capacity Trends and Cloud Survey 2024. In particular, this report offers an insight into what drives migration to and from the public cloud.
Power remains the top spending priority for most operators in 2025, but enterprises are set to increase IT hardware spending.
Results from the Uptime Institute Security Survey 2024 highlight the different cybersecurity approaches used by operators against a widening range of threats.
Staff shortages and recruitment challenges remain the key workforce challenges facing data center owners and operators in 2024. This report highlights some of the findings from the Uptime Institute Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2024.
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.
Douglas Donnellan
Rose Weinschenk