Control over critical digital infrastructure is increasingly in the hands of a small number of major providers. While a public cloud provides a flexible, stable and distributed IT environment, there are growing concerns around its operational resiliency.
As the data center sector increases its focus on becoming more environmentally sustainable, regulators still have a part to play — the question is to what extent?
https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sustainability-Regulations-featured.jpg6281200Jacqueline Davis, Research Analyst, Uptime Institute, jdavis@uptimeinstitute.comhttps://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/uptime-institute-logo-r_240x88_v2023-with-space.pngJacqueline Davis, Research Analyst, Uptime Institute, jdavis@uptimeinstitute.com2022-01-12 07:00:002022-01-12 01:14:52Bring on regulations for data center sustainability, say Europe and APAC
The data center and IT industry is a relatively minor — but nevertheless significant — contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Blockchains-featured.jpg6281200Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute, alawrence@uptimeinstitute.comhttps://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/uptime-institute-logo-r_240x88_v2023-with-space.pngAndy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute, alawrence@uptimeinstitute.com2021-12-22 07:00:002021-12-20 15:51:33Are proof-of-work blockchains a corporate sustainability issue?
To track changing attitudes and responses to climate change and the related threats to infrastructure, Uptime Institute Intelligence concluded two global surveys in the fourth quarters of 2020 and 2021, respectively.
https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Climate-Change-featured.jpg6281200Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute, alawrence@uptimeinstitute.comhttps://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/uptime-institute-logo-r_240x88_v2023-with-space.pngAndy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute, alawrence@uptimeinstitute.com2021-12-16 08:00:002021-12-20 11:29:18Climate change: More operators prepare to weather the storms
Many analysts have forecast an explosion in demand for edge data centers. After a long, slow start, demand is beginning to build, with small, prefabricated and mostly remotely operated data centers ready to be deployed to support a varying array of applications.
https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mixed-Resiliency-Edge-featured.jpg6281200Dr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institutehttps://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/uptime-institute-logo-r_240x88_v2023-with-space.pngDr. Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director of Distributed Data Centers, Uptime Institute2021-11-17 08:00:002021-11-16 09:07:48Mixed resiliency at the edge
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.
https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DLC-featured.jpg6281200Jacqueline Davis, Research Analyst, Uptime Institute, jdavis@uptimeinstitute.comhttps://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/uptime-institute-logo-r_240x88_v2023-with-space.pngJacqueline Davis, Research Analyst, Uptime Institute, jdavis@uptimeinstitute.com2021-11-05 08:30:002021-11-04 21:01:17Does the spread of direct liquid cooling make PUE less relevant?
Earlier in 2021, ASHRAE’s Technical Committee 9.9 published an update — the fifth edition — of its Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments.
https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ASHRAE-Guidelines.jpg6001200Daniel Bizo, Research Director, Uptime Institute Intelligence, dbizo@uptimeinstitute.comhttps://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/uptime-institute-logo-r_240x88_v2023-with-space.pngDaniel Bizo, Research Director, Uptime Institute Intelligence, dbizo@uptimeinstitute.com2021-10-21 10:15:512021-10-21 10:15:52New ASHRAE guidelines challenge efficiency drive
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.
Widespread net-zero carbon emission pledges are spurring innovative data center battery technologies.
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Concerns over cloud concentration risk grow
Bring on regulations for data center sustainability, say Europe and APAC
Are proof-of-work blockchains a corporate sustainability issue?
Climate change: More operators prepare to weather the storms
Mixed resiliency at the edge
Does the spread of direct liquid cooling make PUE less relevant?
New ASHRAE guidelines challenge efficiency drive
Too big to fail? Facebook’s global outage
Vertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise
Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types