The latest Uptime Intelligence research agenda includes a list all published and planned reports from January 2024 to May 2024, and is focused on Uptime Intelligence primary coverage areas: 1) power generation, distribution, energy storage; 2) data center management software (automation, AI); 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 2024

Tools to improve power use by IT are underused

Tracking of IT equipment varies widely and often fall short

EU’s EED: proposed reporting revisions

Five data center predictions for 2024

How server power management works

Colocation and public cloud growth masks enterprise expansion

Resiliency versus low PUE: regulators a catalyst for innovation

AI startups innovate in cooling and IT operations

Uptime’s predictions 2022 to 2024 — relevant and actionable?

Air-assisted direct liquid cooling

February 2024

Most operators plan to spend more on rising demand

Critical role for EU data center code of conduct

The role of AI in digital infrastructure management

Managing server performance for power: a missed opportunity

EU battery regulations: what do the new rules mean?

Long shifts in data centers — time to reconsider?

UK prepares resiliency, cybersecurity legislation for colocation

March 2024

Ineffective cyber policies increase corporate risk

Data collection for IT metrics: is the industry ready?

Capacity expands rapidly, but complexity is challenging

Sustainability data exchange in colo and cloud contracts

Cloud outage insurance: assessing policy option

US mandates crypto energy reporting: will data centers be next?

Generative AI and global power consumption: high, but not that high

Confusion reigns over EED May 15 reporting deadline 

EED delegated regulation is finally final

April 2024

Sustainability strategies face greater pressure in 2024

Tutorial 1: Scoping data center cybersecurity

Equipment prices rise despite supply chain improvements

Increased requirements for Scope 3 reporting and energy certificates

Underwater data centers: lessons from the deep

Next-gen refrigerants: another environmental plight?

Time to collaborate on contracts for sustainability

OT protection — is air-gapping the answer?

The threat to data center security from state-sponsored hackers

Scope 3 accounting: once is not enough

Uncertain power demand figures will lead to poor decisions

DLC momentum rises, but operators remain cautious

Maturity model for sustainability downplays site-level resiliency

May 2024

Tutorial 2: Identifying and addressing data center cybersecurity issues

The impact of AI on data center operations (Part 1)

Data center carbon with a focus on Scope 3 and EACs (Part 2)

Data center water issues - are they critical?

Heat reuse engineering

Capacity planning with DCUs

Operators are pushing net-zero targets beyond 2030

Is this air cooling's last gasp?

Outages show you can't outsource responsibly

The anatomy of a thermal runaway

The science behind effective EOPs

Why are data center busbars rarely used in racks?

Collecting IT power metrics: smart PDUs

June 2024

The impact of AI on data center operations (Part 2)

7x24 CFE: take your game to the next level

Data center sustainability versus resiliency: deep-dive

Water cold plates take a big lead in the small world of DLC

Low carbon concrete / steel: volume production is not imminent

DCIM: what has changed?

Collecting IT power metrics: smart PDUs

Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures & Ecosystem Integrity Score

Case study: ADP cooling efficiency ration project

Is inferencing a killer app for the edge?

Hardware for AI: what makes it different?

July 2024

Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024

The impact of AI on data center operations (Part 3)

Reimagining power supply and management for data centers

The coming of quantum usefulness

Hydrogen power and data centers (Part 1)

The business side of waste heat recapture

EED Delegated Act: what the comments tell us about the future of data centers

IT power and utilization: integrating grid demand and capacity

Hydrogen power and data centers (Part 2)

Hydrogen power and data centers (Part 3)

IT power and utilization profiles: a tool to better integrate grid demand and capacity

(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.)