Andy
Lawrence
There is evidence that outage rates have been gradually falling in recent years. This report brings together and analyzes recent Uptime Institute data on IT and data center outage trends: their causes, costs and consequences.
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
Annual outage analysis 2023
Operators still grappling with supply chain issues
Douglas
Donnellan
Uptime Intelligence finds that operators and vendors face major delays in the supply of equipment, and are increasingly dissatisfied with their suppliers.
REPLAY | Webinar: 7x24 Renewable Energy
Jay
Dietrich
More data center operators are establishing 7x24 goals for clean energy consumption, an approach that is consistent with Uptime Intelligence recommendations on clean energy procurement and goals. This webinar assesses the limits of a 7x24 commitment…
US operators scour Inflation Reduction Act for incentives
While the politicians argue, stakeholders in the US have been scouring the IRA’s 274 pages for opportunities to capitalize on these lucrative incentives. Some of these will be substantial.
REPLAY | Webinar: The Challenges of Managing Scope 3 Emissions
Digital Infrastructure Managers are facing demands from stakeholders and regulators to account for Scope 3 emissions, absent any consensus on reporting standards. This webinar will explore the practical realities and challenges of assessing,…
Five data center predictions for 2023
Daniel
Bizo
Owen
Rogers
Jacqueline
Davis
Max
Smolaks
Uptime Institute Intelligence looks beyond some of the more obvious trends of 2023 — that the sector continues to expand and innovate while facing stricter regulatory requirements — and identifies some challenging issues.
EU’s EED recast set to create reporting challenges
The European Commission’s (EC’s) proposed recast of its Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) sets out new and strict reporting requirements for data centers operating in the EU. If passed, data centers with 100 kilowatts or more total installed IT…
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2022
The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey is the most comprehensive of its kind. The findings reveal the experiences of data center operators in the areas of performance, resiliency, efficiency and sustainability.
Data center operators cautiously support nuclear
The value, role and safety of nuclear power has strongly divided opinion, both in favor of and against, since the 1950s. This debate has now, in 2022, reached a critical point again as energy security and prices cause increasing concern globally …
Sustainability laws set to drive real change
Nearly 15 years ago – in 2008 – Uptime Institute presented a paper titled “The gathering storm.” The paper was about the inevitability of a struggle against climate change and how this might play out for the power-hungry data center and IT sector…
Making sense of the outage numbers
In recent years, Uptime Institute has published regular reports examining both the rate and causes of data center and IT service outages. The reports, which have been widely read and reported in the media, paint a picture of an industry that is…
Is concern over cloud and third-party outages increasing?
As a result of some high-profile outages and the growing interest in running critical services in a public cloud, the reliability — and transparency — of public cloud services has come under scrutiny.Cloud services are designed to operate with low…
Outages: understanding the human factor
Analyzing human error — with a view to preventing it — has always been challenging for data center operators. The cause of a failure can lie in how well a process was taught, how tired, well trained or resourced the staff are, or whether the…
Navigating regulations and standards
Data centers are subject to an expanding set of sustainability measurement and reporting requirements — most are voluntary but will increasingly be mandated. Operators need to prepare to meet these requirements.
Three key elements: water, circularity and siting
As part of a sustainability strategy, focused attention on water use, circularity requirements and data center siting / design specifications will contribute significantly to sustainable data center operations.
