A single tweet in May 2021 brought unprecedented public attention to a relatively unknown issue. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that because of the large
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Making sense of the outage numbers
In recent years, Uptime Institute has published regular reports examining both the rate and causes of data center and IT service outages. The reports, which
Cloud price increases damage trust
In general, the prices of cloud services either remain level or decrease. There are occasional price increases, but these are typically restricted to specific features;
Direct liquid cooling: pressure is rising but constraints remain
Direct liquid cooling (DLC) is a collection of techniques that removes heat by circulating a coolant to IT electronics. Even though the process is far
The ultimate liquid cooling: heat rejection into water
Uptime Institute’s data on power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a testament to the progress the data center industry has made in energy efficiency over the
Cloud SLAs punish, not compensate
A service level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a cloud provider and a user. The SLA describes the provider’s minimum level of service, specified
Is concern over cloud and third-party outages increasing?
As a result of some high-profile outages and the growing interest in running critical services in a public cloud, the reliability — and transparency —
Outages: understanding the human factor
Analyzing human error — with a view to preventing it — has always been challenging for data center operators. The cause of a failure can
The weakest link dictates cloud outage compensation
Cloud providers offer services that are assembled by users into applications. An outage of any single cloud service can render an application unavailable. Importantly, cloud
The shock waves from Ukraine
How is the Ukraine conflict affecting digital infrastructure and the data sector? In response to multiple queries, Uptime Institute Intelligence identified six main areas where