The Uptime Intelligence research agenda includes a list of published and planned research reports for 2026, and is focused on Uptime Intelligence primary coverage areas: 1) power generation, distribution, energy storage; 2) data center management software; 3) sustainability, energy efficiency; 4) silicon and systems; 5) resiliency: outages, topology, climate risks; 6) cooling and heat rejection; 7) staffing and skills; 8) security and human risk.
 

October 2025

Data center labels: a very public appraisal

Staffing crisis persists as colos struggle to retain junior operators

Battery options fizzle as sodium-ion startup shuts

French data center policies affecting sustainability

Neoclouds: AI’s shock absorbers

Why are operators collecting less sustainability data?

Key players: cloud control and the colo advantage

AI’s growth calls for useful IT efficiency metrics

Mapping PUE trends by data center region, age and size

Liquid-to-air eases DLC rollout, but mind the setpoints

AI and cooling: toward more automation

Emerging technology: neuromorphic computing

AWS outage: what are the lessons for enterprises?

Emerging technology: superconductivity in the facility

AI uncertainty: More adoption, more caution

AI uncertainty: Bubble trouble brewing

November 2025

Scope 2 Guidance update: impact on climate disclosure

How financial institutions are using AI and cloud today 

South Korean data center fire sparks a stark reminder

What the Azure outage revealed about  internet fragility

Fewer operators cite sustainability as DLC driver

China: centralized rules for data center efficiency

Integrated cold plates will help realize free cooling

AI in facility operations: three applications to watch

Investments signal a heated liquid cooling race

EU makes more cuts to environmental reporting

EU label and performance value proposals move ahead

Emerging tech 3: enhanced geothermal

December 2025

Supply chains show signs of stability, but delays persist

Enterprise and colo spending strategies for 2026 vary

Do data centers reserve too much grid power?

Validating the use of high-density DLC

Gen AI power consumption set to double in 2026

AI in data: sorting reality from hallucination

Runaway success of Li-ion raises bar for battery innovators

Late change reinstates some EU reporting rules

Japan joins the push for data center regulation

Many giant data center projects advance, despite risks

Survey highlights industry staffing crisis

Uptime Intelligence predictions for 2025 re-examined

What makes a data center DGX-Ready?

Data centers in space: sky high costs, astronomical challenges?

January 2026

Five data center predictions for 2026

Giant data center power plans reach extreme levels

Nvidia’s vision: digital twins and automated facilities

How scale and occupancy shape data center and colo economics

Supply chain exploits: the blind spots operators need to address

Coolant distribution units can complicate commissioning

What cloud sovereignty really means

EU power providers urged to protect grids from data centers

As emissions soar, operators look to carbon capture

Liquid cooling will not outgrow its high-density niche

Final date for EED rating label confirmed

New power architectures to reshape data center design

Enterprises begin to demand returns from generative AI

February 2026

Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2025: an overview

Developing an effective water management strategy (Part 3)

Natural gas turbines for back-up power and demand response

Automation: lots of noise, limited real change

Staffing: advanced will be the new basic

The power crunch is eternal

March 2026

Flexible load connections coming to a TSO near you

AI compute will remain concentrated

Microsoft's Community-first plan misses the mark

Why AI inference will be ubiquitous

Can virtual concete cut construction emissions?

Mechanical-free facilities are possible, just not practical

Post-Covid data centers

Accelsius funding

RAM prices

Digital twins (part 4): software products

Immersion developments

(Titles, dates and descriptions are subject to change. Further details and extra reports and updates will be added to further iterations of this sheet as needed and will be available closer to the date of publication.)