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2025 Data Center Resiliency Survey [Results and Crosstab files]

Results from Uptime Institute's 2025 Data Center Resiliency Survey (n=970) focus on data center resiliency issues and the impact of outages on the data center sector globally.The attached data files below provide full results of the survey,…

Sustainability requirements rise as climate risks intensify

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.

27 Mar 2025
Uptime Institute EED survey responses: data center labeling and rating process, data reporting improvements

Uptime Institute provided three documents to the EU Commission and their consultants, Ernest and Young and Borderstep, in response to two surveys. The surveys are intended to gather data to facilitate the development of a data center labeling/rating…

27 Mar 2025
Publicly reported outages see increase in deliberate attacks

Major and damaging publicly reported outages are increasingly likely to be due to a deliberate attack — whether cyber or physical, according to Uptime Intelligence public outage data for 2024.

 
REPLAY | From evolving technologies to staffing, advancements in operations can drive peak data center performance

In today’s quickly evolving market, staying up to date on industry developments can be challenging. Join us for a deep dive on how transforming your operations can make your organization more resilient to evolving technologies, staffing, and…

 
REPLAY | Uptime Intelligence Client Webinar: Cooling limitations for AI data centers

How far can we go with air? Uptime experts discuss and answer questions on cooling strategies and debate the challenges and trade-offs with efficiency and costs.Please watch this latest entry in the Uptime Intelligence Client Webinar series. The…

 
25 Mar 2025
Water is local: generalities do not apply

Critics argue that data center water use is excessive and poorly managed. Operators should select a cooling system to fit the local climate and available water supply, explaining water use within the context of local conditions.

 
24 Mar 2025
DeepSeek bans: implications for data centers

Chinese large language model DeepSeek has shown that state of the art generative AI capability may be possible at a fraction of the cost previously thought.

 
21 Mar 2025
Density choices for AI training are increasingly complex

High-end AI systems receive the bulk of the industry’s attention, but organizations looking for the best training infrastructure implementation have choices. Getting it right, however, may take a concerted effort.

 
19 Mar 2025
Are data center workforce initiatives effective?

Data shows that cuts to workforce initiatives and mentorships had little effect on the proportion of new hires in 2024. Owners and operators can consider reassessing and restructuring these programs.

 
17 Mar 2025
The operational cost of AI training failures

The high capital and operating costs of infrastructure for AI mean an outage can have a significant financial impact due to lost training hours

 
13 Mar 2025
Should operators continue to prepare for climate risk reporting?

The US’ SEC has withdrawn requirements for climate risk reporting, and the EU is revising its rules. Despite this, strong drivers remain for operators to measure their environmental impact

 
Cloud cost savings depend on application design

Scalability and cost efficiency are the top reasons enterprises migrate to the cloud, but scalability issues due to application design flaws can lead to spiralling costs — and some workload repatriation to on-premises facilities

 
11 Mar 2025
AI load and chiller systems: key considerations

Compared with most traditional data centers, those hosting large AI training workloads require increased attention to dynamic thermal management, including capabilities to handle sudden and substantial load variations effectively.

 
7 Mar 2025
Hardware for AI: options and directions

AI is not a uniform workload — the infrastructure requirements for a particular model depend on a multitude of factors. Systems and silicon designers envision at least three approaches to developing and delivering AI.

 
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