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.
 

June 2026

Is demand response a viable accelerator for grid interconnects?

No single hosting model dominates AI training

BESS in data centers: use cases and technologies

Confusion and consensus in liquid cooling maintenance

Rethinking thermal storage as a capacity tool

Hourly-matched net-zero by 2030 was an unrealistic Holy Grail

Real-time telemetry requires modern, flexible cybersecurity

Vendors are unreasonably optimistic about AI in operations

A culture of token abundance is colliding with financial reality

Grid flexibility classification gives structure to demand response

Ireland: on-site power is forced through the grid

Opinion: Improving outage trends mask growing risks 

July 2026

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2026

Choosing an AI training venue: speed versus control

Virginia's power tax exposes policy trade-offs

Data centers face new scrutiny over heat island effect

Mitigating lithium-ion fire risks: a review

Draft grid rules position data centers as active grid participants

Preventing skill decay as AI use expands 

AI-accelerated digital twins: lessons for operators

Cloud availability improved in 2025 — but worst cases worsen

Handling AI power fluctuations at the root cause

August 2026

DCIM buyer's guide

Assessing data center operating headroom for extreme weather

Near miss highlights need for new grid codes

Assessing data center operating headroom for extreme weather

The growing PUE advantage of larger data centers

Drones over data centers: security risks and mitigation

Data center operators gather sustainability data, but quietly

New York moratorium

Grid bills proliferate, enforcement will be a challenge

Meta open weights

IT agnostic DLC systems

EED 2024 data shows reporting deficiencies persist

The power side car / DC distribution 

Liquid cooled load banks

September 2026

Demystifying data center projects: a guide to community relations

Conductive dust contamination - problems and prevention

Aligning carbon accounting with action

Operating temperatures

Energy forecasts

Balancing core count vs. power efficiency

Energy Management Systems - an important EED milestone

(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.)