Power grids are under stress, struggling to meet future demand and increasingly prone to outages. More utilities will expect data centers to contribute power — and be more flexible in their use of power.
Andy Lawrence
Andy is a founding member and the Executive Director of Research for Uptime Institute Intelligence, which analyzes and explains trends shaping the critical infrastructure industry. He has extensive experience analyzing developments in IT, emerging technologies, data centers and infrastructure, and advising companies on technical and business strategies.
alawrence@uptimeinstitute.com
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Grid demand will require active participation from data centers
REPLAY | IT consolidation: A critical data center sustainability initiative
Jay
Dietrich
As the industry power demand grows, IT operators must focus on both IT infrastructure power demand and supply. A portion of the required power growth can be eliminated through better utilization of existing and new IT infrastructure and software…
AI: enterprises are active – but cautious
Enterprises have much enthusiasm for AI, interviews and workshops by Uptime Intelligence suggest, but this is tempered by caution. Most hope to avoid disruptive, expensive or careless investments.
Record investment masks a related trend: rising costs
Data center operating and capital costs have been rising strongly in recent years — and will almost certainly continue to do so. Sooner or later, those in the IT supply chain will need to deliver their backers a return on investment.
REPLAY | Does data center growth have to come at the cost of sustainability?
The acceleration of data center energy consumption growth projections appears to threaten sustainability objectives. Instead, it demands a reinvigoration of efforts to improve the energy efficiency of the IT infrastructure through better system…
REPLAY | Uptime Institute global data center survey results 2024
Chris
Brown
The data center industry's largest and most influential survey results are in! Join us as we discuss the 14th Annual Uptime Global Data Center Survey 2024 which reveals an industry that is expanding, and is also planning for major technological,…
Douglas
Donnellan
Andy
Lawrence
Daniel
Bizo
Peter
Judge
John
O'Brien
Jacqueline
Davis
Max
Smolaks
Rose
Weinschenk
The 14th edition of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of data center owners and operators in the areas of resiliency, sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and AI.
Global IT disruption highlights concentration, third-party risk
Several recent outages have exposed the global dependency on a small number of third-party suppliers — and governments around the world are already taking note.
Six AI infrastructure conundrums
Although there is still uncertainty around the rate of AI adoption, many organizations are pushing ahead to avoid being left behind. However, behind this enthusiasm, there are six issues that operators face when hosting AI.
REPLAY | Data centers and EU EED reporting: Content and timing clarifications
Data Center reporting for the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) has been set for September 15, 2024. This webinar provides the current status and nuances of the reporting requirements as understood by Uptime Institute.
High-impact outages highlight ongoing resiliency challenges
Three recent data center outages illustrate the truth of the adage: “You can’t contract out responsibility.”
REPLAY | Sustainability and water: Options to address this emerging challenge
This webinar explores low water use cooling system innovations and water management strategies that can help operators navigate the sustainability and reliability implications associated with water use.
Time to collaborate on contracts for sustainability
Uptime Intelligence is inviting interested parties to collaborate on an initiative to improve data sharing between co-hosting / colocation companies and IT operators in order to comply with regulations and meet sustainability goals.
REPLAY | Webinar: Annual Outage Analysis 2024
Uptime Institute draws lessons from global outages data for 2024’s annual benchmark review of the impacts, costs and changing types and frequency of crucial infrastructure failures.
Annual outage analysis 2024
Avoiding digital infrastructure failures remains paramount for data center owners and operators. This report analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outage trends: their causes, costs and consequences.
