Andy
Lawrence
Jay
Dietrich
This webinar explores the data management process improvements necessary to track and report work per energy performance to meet customer expectations and regulatory mandates.
Jay Dietrich
Jay is the Research Director of Sustainability at Uptime Institute. Dietrich looks beyond the hype to analyze the transformations required in energy and IT systems, data centers and software management systems, and intra-organizational collaboration, both within and between companies, to deliver sustainable data center operations.
jdietrich@uptimeinstitute.com
Latest Research
REPLAY | Webinar: Collecting & Aggregating Operating Data to Demonstrate Sustainability Performance
Germany’s EEA: will inefficient data centers become obsolete?
The thresholds set by Germany's Energy Efficiency Act could make many legacy enterprise data centers obsolete - or else require operators to upgrade or move to compliant facilities
Accounting for net-zero emissions and carbon-free energy goals
This report explains the nuances of using energy consumption, energy attribute certificates and emissions factor data to calculate the use of renewable energy and carbon-free energy, and a Scope 1 and 2 emissions inventory.
EED comes into force, creating an enormous task for the industry
The final publication of the approved EED means that data center operators will need to undertake internal efforts to comply with energy management system and data reporting requirements.
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.
Emerging regulatory requirements: tactics for riding the tsunami
Over the next decade, digital infrastructure operations will need to comply with an emerging set of regulatory requirements. Managers can smooth the path to compliance by focusing on business processes and data collection.
IT sustainability: achieving more transactions per megawatt hour Q&A
This Q&A brings together questions and answers from a webinar on the transactions per megawatt hour metric. Topics include power management, server refresh and sustainability, GHG emissions, IT metrics and utilization rates.
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.
The Energy Efficiency Directive: requirements come into focus
Recent publication of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive Task B and C reports clarify most of the data reporting requirements and set out the preferred policy options for assessing data center energy performance.
REPLAY | Webinar: Transactions per megawatt-hour: Keys to increasing data center efficiency
Dr. Tomas
Rahkonen
IT efficiency can offer the keys to unlocking a more sustainable, efficient, and reliable data center. This session provides quantified examples of improvements in business and environmental performance.
The EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive recast 2023 Q&A
This Q&A brings together questions and answers on the EU's Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and its implications globally. Topics covered include reporting, efficiency, heat reuse, ISO standards, carbon capture and transparency.
The EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive: ready or not here it comes
Uptime Intelligence has been providing regular updates and insights on the efforts of the European Parliament and European Commission (EC) to finalize the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) recast requirements. The directive is the most radical and…
REPLAY | Webinar: EU Energy Efficiency Directive: Its implications for EU and beyond
The European Union Parliament and commission have agreed on the final Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) data center requirements. What does this mean for operators with a presence in the EU and what does it foretell for global data center regulation?
24x7 carbon-free energy (part two): getting to 100%
Digital infrastructure operators have started to refocus their sustainability objectives on 100% 24x7 carbon-free energy (CFE) consumption: using carbon-free energy for every hour of operation. To establish a 24x7 CFE strategy, operators must track…
24x7 carbon-free energy (part one): expectations and realities
Data center operators that set net-zero goals will ultimately have to transition to 100% 24x7 carbon-free energy. But current technological limitations mean it is not economically feasible in most grid regions.In the past decade, the digital…
