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Vertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise
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.

Startups brew new chemistries for fresh battery types
Widespread net-zero carbon emission pledges are spurring innovative data center battery technologies.

Eyeing an uptick in edge data center demand
Data center end-user organizations and suppliers alike expect an uptick in edge data center demand in the near term.

Fastly outage underscores slow creep of digital services risk
A recent outage at content delivery network Fastly took down…

Data center insecurity: Online exposure threatens critical systems
In early March 2021, a hacker group publicly exposed the username…

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 @ 2021How data center operators can transition to renewable energy
Transitioning to renewable energy use is an important, but not…

Extreme weather affects nearly half of data centers
Recent extreme weather-related events in the US (the big freeze…
UI 2021Extreme cold — a neglected threat to availability?
In Uptime Institute’s recent report on preparing for the extreme…
