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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…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
22 Dec 2020
Sustainability: More challenging, more transparent

Through 2021 and beyond, the world will begin to recover from its acute crisis — COVID-19 — and will turn its attention to other matters. Few if any of these issues will be as important as climate change, a chronic condition that will become more…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
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…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
22 Dec 2020
The people challenge: Global data center staffing forecast 2021-2025

As the data center build-out continues globally, many more people will be needed to design, build and operate this critical infrastructure. This report analyzes workforce requirements — by region, data center type and education.

Keynote Reports 40 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
18 Dec 2020
Smarter, darker data centers

Following a scramble to effectively staff data centers during a pandemic, many wary managers are beginning to see remote monitoring and automation systems in a more positive light, including those driven by AI.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
16 Dec 2020
Accountability – the "new” imperative

Outsourcing the requirement to own and operate data center capacity is the cornerstone of many digital transformation strategies, with almost every large enterprise spreading their workloads across their own data centers, colocation sites and public…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
30 Nov 2020
Five trends for 2021: Accountability, automation, edge, sustainability, innovation

What we can expect for mission-critical digital infrastructure in 2021?Each autumn Uptime Institute, like many other organizations, puts together a list of some of the big trends and themes for the year ahead. This time, we have focused on five big…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
23 Nov 2020
Climate change skepticism in the data center

Across the globe, data center operators are under pressure to make data centers more sustainable. To this end, efforts are underway to reduce carbon emissions, water consumption and waste. The big, global and largely US-headquartered giants of the…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Uptime Intelligence Staff
23 Nov 2020
Five data center trends for 2021

Uptime Institute’s examination of some of the top trends in data centers in 2021 reveals a vibrant sector that is growing, especially around the edge, and increasingly embracing new innovations.

Keynote Reports 40 min read
Todd Traver
30 Oct 2020
COVID-19, air filtration and energy use

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused concerns about data center HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) filtration. Many data center operators are adjusting filtration protocols, including upgrading to finer MERV (minimum efficiency reporting…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
27 Oct 2020
Why ASHRAE is concerned about edge data centers

There are few organizations that have had as big an impact on data center design as ASHRAE — and specifically, their Technical Committee (TC) 9.9. ASHRAE’s 2004 publication Thermal guidelines for Data Processing Environments described the optimal…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
26 Oct 2020
PUE: The golden metric is looking rusty

When the PUE (power usage effectiveness) metric was first discussed at a meeting of The Green Grid in Santa Clara, back in 2007, a microphone stand was placed in each aisle of the auditorium. The importance of the initiative was understood even then…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
16 Oct 2020
The gathering storm: Climate change and data center resiliency

Extreme weather events have become significantly more common and more severe in recent years — a pattern likely to continue for many decades to come. This report discusses the implications for data center owners and operators.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
Andy Lawrence
5 Oct 2020
How North American data center operators differ from those in other regions

It has long been said that enterprises in the US have a different attitude to their use of technology than their counterparts elsewhere. True or not, a recurring narrative is that the US is technologically more bold — more ambitious, more free…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
29 Sep 2020
Why data center operators are investing in more redundancy

When Uptime Institute recently asked over 300 data center managers how the pandemic would change their operations, one answer stood out: Two-thirds expect to increase the resiliency of their core data center(s) in the years ahead. Many said they…

Intelligence Updates 4 min read