Data Center Industry Insights and Analysis from Uptime Institute
Data Center Industry News and Insights from Uptime Institute
Data Center Industry News and Insights from Uptime Institute
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Project approval will hinge on local benefit guarantees

Project approval will hinge on local benefit guarantees

In January 2026, more than 230 US-based advocacy groups signed…
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Liquid cooling will not outgrow its high-density niche

Liquid cooling will not outgrow its high-density niche

Deployment of direct liquid cooling (DLC, as cold plate or immersion…
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Project approval will hinge on local benefit guarantees

Project approval will hinge on local benefit guarantees

In January 2026, more than 230 US-based advocacy groups signed…
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Liquid cooling will not outgrow its high-density niche

Liquid cooling will not outgrow its high-density niche

Deployment of direct liquid cooling (DLC, as cold plate or immersion…
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Other Reports

Vertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise

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.
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Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types

Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types

Widespread net-zero carbon emission pledges are spurring innovative data center battery technologies.
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Eyeing an uptick in edge data center demand

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.
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Fastly outage underscores slow creep of digital services risk

A recent outage at content delivery network Fastly took down…
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UI @ 2021

Green tariff renewable energy purchases

Until recently, power purchase agreements (PPAs) and unbundled…
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UI @ 2021

Pandemic has driven up data center costs

As the pandemic began to make an impact in early 2020, it became…
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Renewable energy and data centers: Buyer, be aware

Across the world, data center owners and managers are striving…
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UI @ 2021

The insider threat: Social engineering is raising security risks

Uptime Institute Members say one of their most vexing security…
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Data Center Security

Data center insecurity: Online exposure threatens critical systems

In early March 2021, a hacker group publicly exposed the username…
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Datacenter fire frequency trends

Datacenter Fire Frequency

The catastrophic fire that occurred at OVHcloud’s SBG2 data…
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Learning from the OVHcloud data center fire

The fire that destroyed a data center (and damaged others) at…
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UI @ 2021

How data center operators can transition to renewable energy

Transitioning to renewable energy use is an important, but not…
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