UI 2020

Five Trends for 2021: accountability, automation, edge, sustainability, innovation

What we can expect for mission-critical digital infrastructure…

Rack Density is Rising

Density is rising The power density per rack (kilowatts [kW]…
UI @ 2020

Common Factors for IT venue selection (Choosing In-house or Outsource)

Data center capacity is rapidly expanding in outsourced, third-party…
UI 2020

COVID-19, air filtration and energy use

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused concerns about data center HVAC…
UI 2020

Why ASHRAE is concerned about edge data centers

There are few organizations that have had as big an impact on…
UI 2020

PUE: The golden metric is looking rusty

When the PUE (power usage effectiveness) metric was first discussed…
UI 2020

Why data center operators are investing in more redundancy

When Uptime Institute recently asked over 300 data center managers…

Job Projections, 2019-2029, Macro shifts, Gig work and the Baby-Boomers

In mid-September 2020, The US Bureau of Labor and Statistics…
2020

Increasing data center temperatures to reduce energy costs

Periodically we get questions about data center temperatures…
Staffing and Gender Diversity in the Data Center2020