The fire that destroyed a data center (and damaged others) at the OVHcloud facility in Strasbourg, France, on March 10-11, 2021, has raised a multitude
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How data center operators can transition to renewable energy
UI @ 2021 Transitioning to renewable energy use is an important, but not easily achieved, goal. Although the past decade has seen significant improvements in
Extreme weather affects nearly half of data centers
Recent extreme weather-related events in the US (the big freeze in Texas, fires on the west coast) have once again highlighted the need for data
Extreme cold — a neglected threat to availability?
UI 2021 In Uptime Institute’s recent report on preparing for the extreme effects of climate change, there were over a dozen references to the dangers
Network problems causing ever more outages
UI 2021 Power failures have always been one of the top causes of serious IT service outages. The loss of power to a data center
Data center staff on-site: engineering specialists or generalists?
The pandemic has led to a renewed interest by data center managers in remote monitoring, management and automation. Uptime Institute has fielded dozens of inquiries
Ensuring physical security in uncertain times
Ui 2021 Recent events have heightened concerns around physical security for many data center operators, and with good reason: the pandemic means many data centers
A Surge of Innovation
Data center operators (and enterprise IT) are generally cautious adopters of new technologies. Only a few (beyond hyperscale operators) try to gain a competitive advantage
Sustainability: More challenging, more transparent
UI @2021 Through 2021 and beyond, the world will begin to recover from its acute crisis — COVID-19 — and will turn its attention to
Edge Computing – The Next Frontier
One of the most widely anticipated trends in IT and infrastructure is significant new demand for edge computing, fueled by technologies such as 5G, IoT