Legislative requirements for data center resiliency, operational transparency and energy performance are tightening worldwide — putting data centers under greater regulatory scrutiny. In response, organizations
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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
The strong case for power management
ANALYST OPINION In a recent report on server energy efficiency, Uptime Intelligence’s Dr. Tomas Rahkonen analyzed data from 429 servers and identified five key insights
The Energy Efficiency Directive: requirements come into focus
The European Commission (EC) continues to grapple with the challenges of implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) reporting and metrics mandates. The publication of the
Lifting and shifting apps to the cloud: a source of risk creep?
Public cloud infrastructures have come a long way over the past 16 years to slowly earn the trust of enterprises in running their most important
Use tools to control cloud costs before it’s too late
The public cloud’s on-demand pricing model is vital in enabling application scalability — the key benefit of cloud computing. Resources need to be readily available
24×7 carbon-free energy (part two): getting to 100%
Digital infrastructure operators have started to refocus their sustainability objectives on 100% 24×7 carbon-free energy (CFE) consumption: using carbon-free energy for every hour of operation.
Where the cloud meets the edge
Low latency is the main reason cloud providers offer edge services. Only a few years ago, the same providers argued that the public cloud (hosted
Data center operators will face more grid disturbances
The energy crisis of 2022, resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious problems for data center operators in Europe. Energy prices leapt up and