Cyber incidents are increasing rapidly. In 2024, the number of outages caused by cyber incidents was twice the average of the previous four years, according to Uptime Institute’s annual report on data center outages (see Annual outage analysis 2025). More operational technology (OT) vendors are experiencing significant increases in cyberattacks on their systems. Data center […]
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software is an important class of software that, despite some false starts, many operators regard as essential to running modern, flexible and efficient data centers. It has had a difficult history — many suppliers have struggled to meet customer requirements and adoption remains patchy. Critics argue that, because of the […]
Cloud workloads are continuing to grow — sometimes adding to traditional on-premises workloads, sometimes replacing them. The Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023 shows that organizations expect the public cloud to account for 15% of their workloads by 2025. When private cloud hosting and software as a service (SaaS) are included, this share rises […]
This is the first in a series of reports on artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the data center sector.