Event Recap
RECAP | Q1 2021 EMEA Regional Member Briefing
1 Apr 2021
Uptime Institute conducted a live virtual online briefing for members primarily in North America on 15 March 2021. Thank you to all the folks that attended the briefing!
The following was the briefing agenda. The collection that provides the presentations and the audio/video from the event is included below.
Spotlight: Sustainability and the Focus on Renewable Energy -
Data center owners and operators are firmly behind the drive to increase the availability of renewable generation in the electricity grid, taking steps to procure renewable electricity and/or renewable electricity for their operations. But the renewable electricity market is extremely complex with potential financial and reliability surprises hidden within the procurement options. In this presentation, David Mytton, Research Affiliate, Sustainability for Uptime Institute, will discuss the pros and cons of the available procurement options for renewable electricity or the zero emissions attributes of renewable electricity generation and their implications for data center owners and operators.
Guest Contributor - Basefarm Green Energy Innovations
Petter Tommaraas - Senior Vice President, Data Center Services, will join the briefing to discuss the innovations Basefarm are exploring to produce renewable energy for the use of their datacenters around the world
Panorama - Resiliency Update
Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, will be joined by Paul Johnson, Consultant, and Fred Dickerman, Senior Vice President - Management Services, to discuss some recent events concerning data center resiliency. These will include a major recent fire, and extreme weather in North America
The People Challenge: Global Data Center Staffing Forecast 2021-2025 -
Uptime Institute has completed the first forecast of global data center workforce needs – by region, by data center type, and by education requirements. Rhonda Ascierto, VP of Research for Uptime Institute, will discuss the key findings and the impacts to the data center industry.
The following was the briefing agenda. The collection that provides the presentations and the audio/video from the event is included below.
Spotlight: Sustainability and the Focus on Renewable Energy -
Data center owners and operators are firmly behind the drive to increase the availability of renewable generation in the electricity grid, taking steps to procure renewable electricity and/or renewable electricity for their operations. But the renewable electricity market is extremely complex with potential financial and reliability surprises hidden within the procurement options. In this presentation, David Mytton, Research Affiliate, Sustainability for Uptime Institute, will discuss the pros and cons of the available procurement options for renewable electricity or the zero emissions attributes of renewable electricity generation and their implications for data center owners and operators.
Guest Contributor - Basefarm Green Energy Innovations
Petter Tommaraas - Senior Vice President, Data Center Services, will join the briefing to discuss the innovations Basefarm are exploring to produce renewable energy for the use of their datacenters around the world
Panorama - Resiliency Update
Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, will be joined by Paul Johnson, Consultant, and Fred Dickerman, Senior Vice President - Management Services, to discuss some recent events concerning data center resiliency. These will include a major recent fire, and extreme weather in North America
The People Challenge: Global Data Center Staffing Forecast 2021-2025 -
Uptime Institute has completed the first forecast of global data center workforce needs – by region, by data center type, and by education requirements. Rhonda Ascierto, VP of Research for Uptime Institute, will discuss the key findings and the impacts to the data center industry.
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