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AI embraces liquid cooling, but enterprise IT is slow to follow
The enthusiasm for generative AI is attracting serious investment,…

Outage data shows cloud apps must be designed for failure
One of the most significant differences between cloud and traditional…

AI embraces liquid cooling, but enterprise IT is slow to follow
The enthusiasm for generative AI is attracting serious investment,…

Outage data shows cloud apps must be designed for failure
One of the most significant differences between cloud and traditional…
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Does the spread of direct liquid cooling make PUE less relevant?
The power usage effectiveness (PUE) metric is predominant thanks to its universal applicability and its simplicity: energy used by the entire data center, divided by energy used by the IT equipment.

New ASHRAE guidelines challenge efficiency drive
Earlier in 2021, ASHRAE’s Technical Committee 9.9 published an update — the fifth edition — of its Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments.

Too big to fail? Facebook’s global outage
The bigger the outage, the greater the need for explanations and, most importantly, for taking steps to avoid a repeat.

Vertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise
Operators often say that data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software is a necessary evil. Modern facilities need centralized, real-time management and analytics, but DCIM is notoriously difficult to deploy.

Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types
Widespread net-zero carbon emission pledges are spurring innovative data center battery technologies.

Eyeing an uptick in edge data center demand
Data center end-user organizations and suppliers alike expect an uptick in edge data center demand in the near term.

Fastly outage underscores slow creep of digital services risk
A recent outage at content delivery network Fastly took down…

Green tariff renewable energy purchases
Until recently, power purchase agreements (PPAs) and unbundled…

Pandemic has driven up data center costs
As the pandemic began to make an impact in early 2020, it became…

Renewable energy and data centers: Buyer, be aware
Across the world, data center owners and managers are striving…

The insider threat: Social engineering is raising security risks
Uptime Institute Members say one of their most vexing security…

Data center insecurity: Online exposure threatens critical systems
In early March 2021, a hacker group publicly exposed the username…