Despite their success in measuring emissions, carbon accounting frameworks are showing their limits — as the GHG Protocol and SBTi update guidance, operators have an opportunity to develop methods that better align actions with decarbonization.
Denmark will classify grid connection applications by their importance to society, placing large data centers in the lowest priority category, as the country seeks to manage the volume of connection requests in the queue.
Thailand is the latest country seeking greater oversight of data center projects, with the government pausing construction and approvals while it establishes a unified regulatory framework to manage the sector's rapid growth.
The latest data from the EU's EED reveals ongoing issues in both the quality of the data and the lack of coverage, limiting its use as an accurate benchmark of the sector's efficiency performance.
US federal- and state-level ratepayer protection bills and initiatives signal a shift in how data centers interact with the public grid. As policymakers revise grid rules for resource-hungry projects, there is growing debate over how to split costs.
New York's data center moratorium is more than a pause on new projects, it is an attempt to make developers partners in rebuilding the grid — and could provide a model for other governments.
Amid the politics and the build out boom driven by AI, data center operators continue to gather sustainability data — but rarely publicize it.
The industry-average PUE decreases slowly, with efficient new data centers offset by legacy facilities. Weighting the average by IT capacity instead reveals a faster pace of efficiency gains from larger new builds.
Uptime Institute's Annual Global Data Center Survey, now in its 16th year, is the most comprehensive and longest-running study of its kind. The findings in this report highlight the practices and experiences of data center owners and operators in…
Douglas Donnellan
Andy Lawrence
Daniel Bizo
Dr. Owen Rogers
Peter Judge
John O'Brien
Jacqueline Davis
Max Smolaks
Rose Weinschenk
The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey, now in its 16th year, highlights the practices, perceptions, intentions and experiences of data center owners and operators across resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and AI.
NERC's draft computational load standards could redefine data centers as active grid participants, requiring new modeling, data reporting, operational coordination and disturbance reporting in a bid to protect grid stability.
Data center waste heat does not significantly raise local temperatures, but concerns over the heat island effect demand a robust response that addresses monitoring and mitigation measures.
Data center cooling system designs influence both energy efficiency and water consumption. This session presents new analyses of monthly PUE and WUE performance using operational data from multiple facilities. The findings indicate that both…
A new framework from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) creates a classification system for data center demand response capabilities to help promote grid flexibility and, in turn, support the continued growth of digital infrastructure.
Can batteries transform how data centers power AI and connect to the grid? To do so, BESS technologies will need further economic and technical improvements to unlock faster interconnections, cleaner energy and smarter power control.
Jay Dietrich
Chris Brown
Dr. Rand Talib
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen