For more than a decade, the data center industry — and the wider digital infrastructure that relies on it — has lived with the threat
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What role might generative AI play in the data center?
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to change the way work is done across numerous organizations and job roles. This is especially true for
Looking for the x-factor in data center efficiency
The suitability of a data center environment is primarily judged by its effect on the long-term health of IT hardware. Facility operators define their temperature
Global PUEs — are they going anywhere?
Regular readers of Uptime Institute’s annual data center survey, the longest running of its kind, already know that the industry average power usage effectiveness (PUE,
Emerging regulatory requirements: tactics for riding the tsunami
Over the past 12 months, Uptime Institute Intelligence has been closely following regulatory developments in the area of sustainability. These include mandates based on the
Data centers are short-staffed boys’ clubs
Two persistent trends in data center staffing are in apparent tension. The 2023 Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey confirmed, once again, that operations teams
Consensus on regulatory goals hides national differences
In recent reports, Uptime Institute Intelligence has warned that a wave of resiliency, security and sustainability legislation is making its way toward the statute books.
Regulations drive investments in cybersecurity and efficiency
Legislative requirements for data center resiliency, operational transparency and energy performance are tightening worldwide — putting data centers under greater regulatory scrutiny. In response, organizations
Are utility companies needed for pull-the-plug testing?
The testing of backup power systems is crucial for ensuring that data center operations remain available through power interruptions. By cutting all power to the
AI will have a limited role in data centers — for now
The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the public’s imaginations, and now barely a week goes by without reports of another breakthrough. Among the