UI @ 2021

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…
UI @ 2021

The insider threat: Social engineering is raising security risks

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

Data center insecurity: Online exposure threatens critical systems

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

Datacenter Fire Frequency

The catastrophic fire that occurred at OVHcloud’s SBG2 data…

Learning from the OVHcloud data center fire

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

How data center operators can transition to renewable energy

Transitioning to renewable energy use is an important, but not…
Climate Change and Digital Infrastructure

Extreme weather affects nearly half of data centers

Recent extreme weather-related events in the US (the big freeze…
UI @ 2021

Data center staff shortages don’t need to be a crisis

In every region of the world, data center capacity is being…
Extreme Weather and Digital InfrastructureUI 2021

Extreme cold — a neglected threat to availability?

In Uptime Institute’s recent report on preparing for the extreme…