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Max Smolaks
27 Nov 2024
Why bigger is not better: gen AI models are shrinking

Not all generative AI applications will require large and dense infrastructure footprints. This complicates AI power consumption projections and data center planning.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Andy Lawrence
26 Nov 2024
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.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Daniel Bizo
19 Nov 2024
Maximizing server efficiency is becoming more difficult

Many organizations still do not tap into the potential power efficiency gains hidden in servers. Without operational focus on extracting those, future server platforms may bring marginal, if any, energy performance improvements.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
13 Nov 2024
Understanding AI deployment methods and locations

Enterprises have various options on how and where to deploy their AI training and inference workloads. This report explains how these different options balance cost, complexity and customization.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
8 Nov 2024
What is the outlook for GPU cloud providers?

To meet the demand driven by AI workloads, a new breed of cloud provider has emerged, delivering inexpensive GPU infrastructure as a service. Their services are highly demanded today, but longer-term, the market is ripe for consolidation.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Jacqueline Davis
1 Nov 2024
Why didn’t data center operators notice the 2024 solar storms?

Powerful solar storms have already brought warnings of disruption to electricity grids and their customers twice in 2024 — and the Sun’s activity has yet to peak. Why do data centers and power utilities appear to have escaped unscathed?

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
29 Oct 2024
How generative AI learns and creates using GPUs

While GPUs are the power-hungry devices that enable effective AI training, it is innovations in software that are fueling the recent surge in interest and investment. This report explains how neural networks power generative AI.

Briefing Reports 20 min read
Dr. Owen Rogers
22 Oct 2024
New quantum cloud region signals increased commercial focus

Although quantum computing promises a revolution in scientific discovery, its use is still constrained to research and continuing development. However, a new IBM quantum data center in Germany signals a growing interest in its capabilities.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Daniel Bizo
27 Sep 2024
Erratic power profiles of AI clusters: the root causes

AI training clusters can show rapid and large swings in power consumption. This behavior is likely driven by a combination of properties of both modern compute silicon and AI training software — and may be difficult to manage at scale.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
John O'Brien
20 Sep 2024
Will legislation change how finance uses public cloud?

Uptime analysis suggests a growing interest in public cloud by financial institutions. But concerns over cloud providers’ support for regulation compliance ahead of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act may cause some to pull back.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
9 Sep 2024
Considerations of raised supply air temperatures

Increasing supply air temperature is gaining interest as an approach to potentially save data center energy. However, savings will not be universally possible and understanding its potential involves a complex multivariable analysis.

Briefing Reports 18 min read
John O'Brien
5 Sep 2024
Pulling IT power data with software

Pulling reliable power consumption data from IT is increasingly important for operators. Although third-party software products offer promise, significant roadblocks still hinder adoption.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Daniel Bizo
23 Aug 2024
Rack densification: is it really happening this time?

Densification is — once again — high on the agenda, with runaway expectations largely due to compute power requirements of generative AI workloads. Will this time be different? Uptime’s 2024 global survey of data center managers offers some clues.

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
John O'Brien
13 Aug 2024
Global IT outages raise the question: who bears responsibility?

Software updates by third-party IT providers occur every day, either in the cloud or on-premises. The recent global IT outage has exposed a hard truth: that another major event is likely to occur.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Max Smolaks Daniel Bizo
1 Aug 2024
Hardware for AI: what makes it different

Most operators will be familiar with the outrageous power and cooling demands of hardware for generative AI. Why are these systems so difficult to accommodate, and what does this mean for the future of data center design?

Intelligence Updates 10 min read