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Profile picture for user ddonnellan Douglas Donnellan
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024: supplier view

The main challenges facing their customers, according to suppliers that responded to the Global Data Center Survey 2024, is predicting future data center capacity and the impact that staffing shortages will have on capacity growth.

Data Reports 4 min read
Profile picture for user msmolaks Max Smolaks
AI has a weight problem

Generative AI models brought about an influx of high-density cabinets. There has been much focus on how to best manage thermal issues, but the weight of power distribution equipment is a potentially overlooked concern.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Profile picture for user pjudge Peter Judge
Nature laws to play key role in planning and building facilities

Data center operators are already required to reduce their impact on the climate and soon they may have to do the same with local habitats. Emerging nature restoration rules will demand action to preserve ecosystems and biodiversity.

Intelligence Updates 8 min read
Profile picture for user jdietrich Jay Dietrich
Water is a local issue: site selection and facility design

Water use has become a critical element of a sustainability strategy. It is a location-specific issue: local climate and resources and the data center design will determine the water use profile of the facility.

Briefing Reports 21 min read
Profile picture for user JDavis Jacqueline Davis
Underwater data centers: lessons from the deep

Underwater data centers promise to be both economical and sustainable. The prerequisite densification of infrastructure and unmanned operations may only suit specific workloads, but lessons learned under water may influence land facilities.

Briefing Reports 12 min read
Profile picture for user alawrence Andy Lawrence Profile picture for user JDavis Jacqueline Davis Profile picture for user msmolaks Max Smolaks Profile picture for user jobrien John O'Brien Profile picture for user ddonnellan Douglas Donnellan
REPLAY | Webinar: Five Data Center Predictions for 2024

In this Webinar, the Uptime Intelligence team looks beyond the obvious trends of 2024 and identifies some of the latest developments and their associated limitations.

On-Demand Webinars 60 min
Profile picture for user TTraver Todd Traver Profile picture for user apiraino Antonio Piraino
REPLAY | Webinar: Navigating Data Center Expansion in 2024

This session describes the questions organizations need to answer around technology roadmaps, market growth and workload requirements to effectively plan the data center builds of the near future.

On-Demand Webinars 60 min
Profile picture for user trahkonen Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
Deployment models at the edge

Bringing certain IT workloads closer to users and connected devices helps organizations to manage data growth, user experience and expansion. This report looks at the deployment models for data center facilities and IT at the edge.

Briefing Reports 30 min read
Profile picture for user msmolaks Max Smolaks
Heat reuse: a management primer

Recovery of data center waste heat is garnering renewed interest for its sustainability credentials. This report investigates these initiatives and looks at their impact both on efficiency and cost.

Briefing Reports 17 min read
Profile picture for user trahkonen Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
Efficient servers hold the key to energy efficient data centers

Improving data center infrastructure energy efficiency is vital in helping organizations contain costs and carbon emissions that result from IT growth. This report compares seven projects using a data- and experience-based model.

Briefing Reports 33 min read
Profile picture for user jdietrich Jay Dietrich
Sustainability: Regulations, reporting and facilities management Q&A

This Q&A brings together contributor/member questions and expert answers from a series of Uptime webinars held on the topic of sustainability and regulations and reporting in 2022.

12 min read
Profile picture for user alawrence Andy Lawrence Profile picture for user ddonnellan Douglas Donnellan
Operators still grappling with supply chain issues

Uptime Intelligence finds that operators and vendors face major delays in the supply of equipment, and are increasingly dissatisfied with their suppliers.

Data Reports 8 min read
Profile picture for user msmolaks Max Smolaks Profile picture for user ddonnellan Douglas Donnellan
Sustainability strategies in colocation

This report analyzes how colocation companies are improving sustainability through innovative approaches to cooling infrastructure, energy efficiency, renewable energy procurement, construction and more.

Briefing Reports 45 min read
Profile picture for user trahkonen Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
Strategic siting: colos in central business districts

Siting colocation data centers in central business districts can have real advantages. So why does it happen so rarely? This report, based on interviews with providers, examines the operational challenges, and solutions for overcoming them.

Briefing Reports 24 min read
Profile picture for user JDavis Jacqueline Davis
Electromagnetic pulse and its threat to data centers

To date, many data center operators have overlooked electromagnetic pulse (EMP) in their risk assessments. This report summarizes the types and effects of EMP, and offers recommendations to assist operators in assessing this risk.

Briefing Reports 29 min read