Andy
Lawrence
Daniel
Bizo
Preliminary calculations by Uptime Intelligence suggest the initial impact of generative AI on global data center power use is low — but it will rise quickly as adoption increases. How far generative AI will go remains unclear.
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
Latest Research
Generative AI and global power consumption: high, but not that high
REPLAY | Webinar: Whose problem? Effective Data Exchange amongst Colos, Cloud Operators & Tenants
Jay
Dietrich
The arrival of regulatorily mandated, climate-related financial disclosure and operational information and key performance indicators reporting for IT operations in 2024 and beyond requires the Digital Infrastructure industry to reimagine its…
Uptime's predictions 2022 to 2024 — relevant and actionable?
Douglas
Donnellan
Our analysis suggests Uptime Intelligence’s yearly data center predictions since 2022 continue to be relevant and merit attention going into 2024.
REPLAY | Webinar: Five Data Center Predictions for 2024
Jacqueline
Davis
Max
Smolaks
John
O'Brien
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.
Resiliency v. low PUE: regulators a catalyst for innovation?
Germany’s Energy Efficiency Act makes a PUE of 1.2 mandatory for all new data centers starting in 2026. This has reignited a debate: can a data center be both highly available and highly efficient?
Five data center predictions for 2024
Uptime Intelligence looks beyond the more obvious trends of 2024 and identifies some challenging issues. Strong IT demand, high-density IT systems and tough sustainability requirements will drive a new wave of investment.
REPLAY | Webinar: Collecting & Aggregating Operating Data to Demonstrate Sustainability Performance
This webinar explores the data management process improvements necessary to track and report work per energy performance to meet customer expectations and regulatory mandates.
REPLAY | Webinar: Critical Scope 3 Accounting: Quantifying Cloud, Colo & Embedded Carbon Emissions
This session evaluates the methodologies to account for emissions from IT operations in cloud and colocation facilities and embedded carbon in IT equipment purchases, and discusses their management as part of a net zero program.
"Hyperscale colocation": the emergence of gigawatt campuses
Gigantic “gigawatt” data center campuses are being proposed or planned in many locations around the world. They could change the digital infrastructure landscape, but many questions — including how many will be built — remain.
When net-zero goals meet harsh realities
Executives in many industries have been bold with their sustainability claims, setting ambitious net-zero goals and heralding minor successes. For digital infrastructure, as elsewhere, a painful and expensive correction is coming.
Consensus on regulatory goals hides national differences
Attitudes to critical infrastructure regulation vary across the world, with the regulators and the regulated mostly agreeing about the goal, role and application of new rules. The US, however, remains an outlier.
REPLAY | Webinar: Digital Infrastructure Sustainability: Common Myths and Their Implications
This session covers common digital infrastructure sustainability myths, misunderstandings, and poorly understood areas, and provides advise on building better sustainability strategies.
Digital resiliency: global trends in regulation
With governments now aware that economic stability and national well-being are heavily dependent on IT services and the critical digital infrastructure, many are regulating to strengthen digital security and resiliency.
REPLAY | Webinar: Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey Results 2023
Chris
Brown
The data center industry's largest and most influential survey results are in! Join us as we discuss the 13th Annual Uptime Global Data Center Survey 2023 which reveals an industry that is growing, dynamic and increasingly resilient.
The strong case for power management
The main payoff is clear: power management’s impact on performance is demonstrably low, and in most cases, customers will probably not notice that it is turned on. Even at higher points of utilization, the impact on performance is minimal.
