Latest Reports

Water is local: generalities do not apply
Water use has become a benchmark metric for data center operational…

Are data center workforce initiatives effective?
Over the past year, data center operators have reduced formal…

Water is local: generalities do not apply
Water use has become a benchmark metric for data center operational…

Are data center workforce initiatives effective?
Over the past year, data center operators have reduced formal…
Other Reports

Cooling to play a more active role in IT performance and efficiency
Data center operators and IT tenants have traditionally adopted…

The effects of a failing power grid in South Africa
European countries narrowly avoided an energy crisis in the…

US operators scour Inflation Reduction Act for incentives
In the struggle to reduce carbon emissions and increase renewable…

Energy-efficiency focus to shift to IT — at last
Data centers have become victims of their own success. Ever-larger…

Asset utilization drives cloud repatriation economics
The past decade has seen numerous reports of so-called cloud…

Forecasting the solar storm threat
A proposed permanent network of electromagnetic monitoring stations…

Cloud migrations to face closer scrutiny
Big public-cloud operators have often had to compete against…

Accounting for digital infrastructure GHG emissions
A host of regulations worldwide have introduced (or will introduce)…

Data center costs set to rise and rise
Up until two years ago, the cost of building and operating data…

High costs drive cloud repatriation, but impact is overstated
Unexpected costs are driving some data-heavy and legacy applications…

Too hot to handle? Operators to struggle with new chips
Standard IT hardware was a boon for data centers: for almost…

Geopolitics deepens supply chain worries
The COVID-19 pandemic — and the subsequent disruption to supply…