The Uptime Intelligence research agenda includes a list of published and planned research reports for 2025, 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.
 

January 2025

Five data center predictions for 2025

Enterprise and colocation operators face rising costs in 2025

Are data centers on top of NIS 2 cyber compliance?

Labor shortages put some large campuses at risk of outages

Sweat dedicated GPU clusters to beat cloud on cost

AI embraces liquid cooling, but enterprise IT is slow to follow

Uptime's predictions for 2025: an overview

UNEP specs for IT equipment efficiency: more work required

How AWS’s own silicon and software deliver cloud scalability

IT efficiency: an untapped power resource

Data center management software: the evolving role of DCIM

AI supremacy: how will the  new US GPU export controls work?

Neoclouds: a cost-effective AI infrastructure alternative

More scrutiny and obligations as governments back data centers

February 2025

Low-carbon hydrogen: not yet viable as primary power source

Cloud repatriation is overstated

Build resilient apps: do not rely solely on cloud infrastructure

AI adds to rising demand for capacity

AI and cooling: methods and capacities

Cloud a viable choice amidst uncertain AI returns

US state drafts plan for data center regulations

AI infrastructure ambitions will be cut down to size

The DeepSeek paradox: more efficiency, more infrastructure?

EED delegated report due early May — what's the rush?

Remaining EED reporting deficiencies need immediate attention

Agentic AI shows promise — but also carries risk

Small modular reactors: building critical mass

Outage data shows cloud apps must be designed for failure

March 2025

Sustainability requirements rise as climate risks intensify

Are data centers to blame for power quality issues?

Deconstructing NIMBY: how to avoid planning conflicts

Hardware for AI: options and directions

AI load and chiller systems: key considerations

Cloud and cost savings depend on application design

Should operators continue climate risk reporting?

The operational cost of AI training failures

Are data center workplace initiatives effective?

Density choices for AI training are increasingly complex

DeepSeek government bans: implications for operators

Water is local: generalities do not apply

Publicly reported outages see increase in deliberate attacks

April 2025

EU climate reporting: simplification is not simple

Data center AI strategies are mixed in early 2025

Cloud availability comes at a price

Quantum’s quandary: racing toward reality or stuck in hyperbole?

For a grid connection, form a disorderly line

'Reasoning' will increase the infrastructure footprint of AI

AI and cooling: limits on efficiency gains and heat reuse (part 3)

The booming data center sector grapples with tariff chaos

Tariff tensions undermine trust in cloud hyperscalers

DORA update: what the EU act means for data centers

Digital twins: reshaping AI infrastructure planning

On-premises clouds: not so plane and simple

Mentorships: practical strategies for retaining new employees

May 2025

Annual outage analysis 2025: keynote report

Calculating work capacity for server and storage products

Data center sustainability standards 2025

GPU utilization is a confusing metric

In the US, data center pushback is all about power

Cloud: when high availability hurts sustainability

Data centers weather grid failures — but utilities want change

Uncertainty and doubt as US changes GPU export rules again

The two sides of a sustainability strategy

Error-proof emergency communications for facility teams

Data center sustainability standards grow globally

Cloud AI needs cost discipline now

Gen AI power consumption surges higher faster

June 2025

Seven fallacies of data center cybersecurity

Enhanced geothermal: long-term clean power — for some

GPU power management is a work in progress

AI and cooling: chilled water system topologies

Cybersecurity and the cost of human error

Will power shortages drive an on-prem renaissance?

Enterprises are still a key venue for corporate workloads  

EU plans introduction of DC rating system

Hold the line: liquid cooling's division of labor

Is this the data center metric for the 2030s?

EED status update: implications for data centers

Are EU data center performance values  creating chaos 

Electrical considerations with large AI compute

July 2025

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025

Unraveling the cost complexity of serverless containers

DLC adoption remains slow and steady

Ransomware incidents on OT equipment surge

Europe will not abandon the hyperscalers

Malaysia manages data center growth with regulations

EU energy efficiency package may slow digital growth

Self-contained liquid cooling: the low-friction option

State governments act to control power demand

Retail vs wholesale: finding the right colo pricing model

EU EED labeling scheme: Uptime feedback

Digital twins: the role of simulations

AI power fluctuations strain both budgets and hardware

AI super-densification: how far will it really go?

August 2025

AI-ready data center designs (part 1)

A net zero data center is not a sustainable data center

PUE data in Europe - analysis of the distribution by country and size

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025: supplier view

DLC in colos best practices

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025: regional view

Developing an effective water management strategy

AI-ready data center designs (part 2)

Crypto mines are turning into AI factories

GPU breakthroughs bring real-time CFD analysis closer

Cloud AI price cuts challenge dedicated deployments

Emerging / Disruptive 1 - Superconducting power distribution

Consensus around rack density tipping point for DLC weakens 

EU looks to revise taxonomy criteria

Operators are warming up to dielectric cold plates

Emerging technologies 2: Superconducting power distribution

DCIM Security - vulnerabilities and potential solutions

DLC in colos best practices

AI and procedure documents: risks to avoid

AI use for chilled water

Data center labels: an emerging global undertaking

Natural gas/H2 turbines for back-up power and demand response

Operators don't trust AI for equipment controls and configuration

September 2025

Uptime Institute Data Center Cybersecurity Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Data Center Cybersecurity Survey 2025: an overview

Uptime Institute Data Center Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Data Center Staffing and Recruitment Survey 2025: an overview

October 2025

Uptime Institute Data Center IT and Power Efficiency Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Data Center IT and Power Efficiency Survey 2025: an overview

November 2025

Uptime Institute Data Center Spending and Supply Chain Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Data Center Spending and Supply Chain Survey 2025: an overview

December 2025

Uptime Institute Capacity Trends and Cloud Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Capacity Trends and Cloud Survey 2025: an overview

January 2026

Five data center predictions for 2026: keynote report

Five data center predictions for 2026: an overview

Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Sustainability and Climate Change Survey 2025: an overview

(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.)