The main reason enterprises are repatriating workloads from the cloud to their own data centers is due to spiraling costs. However, most enterprises are continuing to use several public clouds alongside on-premises facilities in a hybrid IT strategy…
Most data center operators plan to spend more in 2025 than the previous year. However, spending strategies vary widely between enterprises and colocation providers, and each faces its own risks from supply chain issues. Results from the Uptime…
Results from the Uptime Institute Security Survey 2024 highlight the different cybersecurity approaches used by operators against a widening range of threats.
Most operators report losing staff in the last year. Of the employees who left, 41% did so in their first two years with the company. The most likely subset of employees to leave are those in junior and mid-level operations positions. Operators are…
The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, now in its 14th year, is the most comprehensive and longest-running study of its kind. This report provides a regional view of the results and highlights the different challenges and strategies of data…
The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, now in its 14th year, is the most comprehensive and longest-running study of its kind. This report highlights some of the results from vendor, consultant and product supplier respondents and provides…
Uptime Institute's 2024 Data Center Maintenance Survey benchmarks maintenance practices among data center operators and sets to help organizations improve performance when it comes to maintenance utilizing in-house employees, third-parties, and/or…
Threats to data center cybersecurity continue to rise in 2024. Three in four operators report experiencing a cyber incident in the past three years, according to the Uptime Institute Data Center Security Survey 2024. These incidents can be expensive…
Direct liquid cooling (DLC) remains a hot topic for most data center owner /operators â and results from Uptime Institute's Cooling Systems Survey 2024 show why. A total of 22% of respondents report their organization is making some use of DLC in…
Results from the Uptime Institute Supply Chain Survey 2023 reveal that data center owners and operators are continuing to suffer supply chain delays, but these appear to be less frequent and severe than in 2022.
This report captures some findings from the Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2023, including that more than half of operators are still to set a net-zero emissions goal and less than half compile key metrics.
Data center capacities are expanding rapidly, and organizations are increasingly using hybrid IT to meet rising demand. However, the growing complexity of IT environments is exposing limitations to current approaches.
Data center budgets are expected to increase in 2024 for most organizations, but ongoing supply chain issues and staffing challenges may restrict investments, according to recent Uptime Intelligence survey data.
Operators are missing opportunities to lower costs and energy use by not using utilization and power management data, an Uptime Intelligence survey on IT and power efficiency suggests.
Results from the Uptime Institute IT and Power Efficiency Survey 2023 suggest that many organizations may struggle to meet regulatory requirements for energy, carbon and IT life cycle tracking.
Rose Weinschenk
Douglas Donnellan
Anthony Sbarra
Laurie Williams
John O'Brien
Jay Dietrich