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2020

Data Center cleaning and sanitization: detail, cost and effectiveness

Fear of the coronavirus or confirmed exposure has caused about…
Uptime Institute's COVID19 Q&A Part 3

COVID-19: Q&A (Part 3): Deferred Maintenance, Remote Work, Supply Chain, Long-Term Outlook

The final installment of our Q&A regarding digital infrastructure…
2020

COVID-19: Q&A (Part 2): Site Sanitation and Security

Here is Part 2 of our Q&A regarding digital infrastructure…
COVID19: Digital Infrastructure Q&A

COVID-19: Q&A (Part 1): Staff Management

We are all in this together. We are all finding our own "New…
2020

Are IT Infrastructure Outages Getting Longer?

One of the findings of Uptime Institute’s recently published…
Pay As You Go IT Infrastructure2020

Pay-as-you-go model spreads to critical components

As enterprises continue to move from a focus on capital expenditures…
Data Center Energy is Trending Upwards2019

Data center energy use goes up and up and up

Energy use by data centers and IT will continue to rise, putting…
Data Center Investment

Capital inflow boosts the data center market

Data centers are no longer a niche or exotic investment among…
Surveillance Capitalism2019

Surveillance Capitalism and DCIM

In her book “Surveillance Capitalism,” the Harvard scholar…
Lithium-Ion Batteries in the Data Center2019

Lithium Ion Batteries for the data center. Are they ready for production yet?

We are often asked for our thoughts about the use of lithium-ion…