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.
 

April 2026

How AI training choices affect infrastructure costs

Interactive AI training approach costing tool

US capacity growth stumbled in 2025: what happened?

Vendors gearing up for 800V DC adoption

Draft EED delegated regulation sidesteps critical issues

Investments back two-phase cooling as water cold plate successor

US states rethink tax breaks amid rising scrutiny and costs

Energy crisis elevates the importance of fuel management

Dry cooling energy performance can rival evaporative cooling

IT-OT telemetry failings are hindering real-time applications

May 2026

Annual outage analysis 2026

Where to deploy AI training: a guide to the economics

Interactive AI training venue costing tool

Flagship servers push peak performance and lift efficiency

Modular data centers look to solve the challenges of AI

US data center critics pivot from moratoria to regulations

As AI models improve, availability lags behind

Emerging tech: carbon capture at source

Advances in fine-tuning reduce total volume of AI training

Lower density brings server efficiency and cooling gains

NERC alert points to future of grid

The problem with energy per token

Interactive AI token energy and carbon tool

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

DCIM buyer's guide

GHG Protocol Draft Scope 2 Accounting Guidance Comments

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 Li-ion fire risks: a review

NERC computational load standards start to take shape

Skills decay 

Is Nvidia Omniverse the digital twin platform to rule them all?

Balancing core count versus power efficiency

IT agnostic DLC systems

Community engagement readiness checklist

Capacity weighted PUE

Conductive dust contamination - problems and prevention

Grid bills proliferate: enforcement will be a challenge

August 2026

Demystifying data center projects: a guide to community relations

EED 2024 data shows reporting deficiencies persist

Energy Management Systems: an important EED milestone

Liquid cooled load banks

(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.)