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

Chiller loop topologies and hydraulics

Seven fallacies of data center cybersecurity

What can we expect from geothermal energy?

GPU utilization is a confusing metric

In the US, data center pushback is all about power

When high availability hurts sustainability

Tier designs are on the money - but what happens next?

Enterprises chaotic approach to cloud

Sustainability definition

Improving team responsiveness

Updated gen AI power increase numbers

Cybersecurity’s human factors

Liquid-assisted air cooling - who is it for?

AI step loads - electrical issues and mitigation

Backup generators will be expected to do more

June 2025

Uptime Institute Data Center Cooling and Heat Rejection Survey 2025: field report

Uptime Institute Data Center Cooling and Heat Rejection Survey 2025: an overview

A net zero data center is not a sustainable data center

AI-ready data center designs (part 1)

AI-ready data center designs (part 2)

Resiliency versus sustainability: engine generators and alternatives

Internet resilience. What do data center operators need to know?

DLC in colos best practices

Developing an effective water management strategy (Part 3)

Server efficiency update including Gen-5 (based on SERT data)

Prefab high-density (AI) data centers  

How power fluctuations from AI training affect hardware

July 2025

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025: keynote report

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025: an overview

August 2025

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025: supplier view

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2025: regional view

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.)