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John O'Brien
2 Jan 2025
Are data centers on top of NIS 2 cyber compliance?

The EU’s NIS 2 directive requires all organizations operating in Europe to comply with 10 essential cybersecurity measures, but many data center operators remain unprepared.

Intelligence Updates 4 min read
Andy Lawrence
16 Dec 2024
Grid demand will require active participation from data centers

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.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Michael O'Neil
4 Dec 2024
Addressing supply chain risk in data center cybersecurity

Cyber strategies need to extend beyond the facility to reduce third-party supplier threat risks. Data center executives should apply robust, consistent supply chain risk management practices to critical data center technologies

Briefing Reports 10 min read
Douglas Donnellan
22 Nov 2024
Cyber incidents are common — and often significant

Results from the Uptime Institute Security Survey 2024 highlight the different cybersecurity approaches used by operators against a widening range of threats.

Data Reports 7 min read
Michael O'Neil Antonio Ramos
7 Nov 2024
Using frameworks to structure data center cybersecurity

Cybersecurity strategies often evolve organically: tools are added, requirements change, and the result is a lack of coherent structure. Cybersecurity professionals can benefit from adopting frameworks to organize these activities

Briefing Reports 9 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. Tomas Rahkonen
31 Oct 2024
Why regulation on temperature can be counterproductive

Raising supply air temperature is drawing interest from data center providers and regulators in some countries. While saving energy, it may also reduce resiliency. This report quantifies energy impacts to clarify when it can be beneficial.

Briefing Reports 14 min read
Peter Judge
15 Oct 2024
Critical national infrastructure status: what does it mean?

The UK has become the latest nation to classify data centers as part of the critical national infrastructure. But for data center operators, is this a welcome move?

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Michael O'Neil Antonio Ramos
10 Oct 2024
Developing data center cybersecurity policies and procedures

Policies and procedures translate cybersecurity management objectives into the activities that protect data centers. But what steps should operators take to establish a comprehensive approach to implement these policies?

Briefing Reports 11 min read
Douglas Donnellan
1 Oct 2024
Weak security processes can increase impact of failures

Data center outage recovery processes often overlook integrated cybersecurity systems. Power outages can disrupt these systems and prevent operators from accessing critical platforms.

Intelligence Updates 4 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
Michael O'Neil Antonio Ramos
3 Sep 2024
Risk management in data center cybersecurity

Data center cybersecurity risks need to be managed in line with corporate objectives and across a wide range of cyber adversaries and threats. This means understanding the organizational risk tolerance and being able to identify the best options for

Briefing Reports 9 min read
Jabari Williams-George
27 Aug 2024
UPS component failures: what are the leading issues?

UPS systems are the number one root cause of significant and severe outages. Analysis of reliability data from data center management software provider Fulcrum Collaborations sheds more light on the prevalent UPS component failures.

Intelligence Updates 7 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