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Open19 expects 2019 to be the year of “Accelerated Adoption”
We have heard for a dozen years about the Open Computing Project…

PG&E Turns Power Off (a.k.a. Climate Change and the Data Center)
In our October 2018 report, A mission-critical industry unprepared…

Enterprise IT and the public cloud: What the numbers tell us
The spectacular growth of the public cloud has many drivers,…

Artificial Intelligence in the Data Center: Myth versus Reality
It is still very early days, but it is clear that artificial…

Recover heat, re-charge power
Recently I attended the Data Center Dynamics (DCD) Smart Energy…

Renewed Pressure for Renewables to Power the Data Center
In a recent presentation at the Energy Smart data center conference…

The Data Center Staffing and Skills Shortage is here NOW!
Sometimes it can be hard to get people to talk about their issues…

Is PUE actually going UP?
One of the more intriguing results of the Uptime Institute Global…

Comparing the severity of IT service outages: Uptime Institute’s Outage Severity Rating
Avoiding IT service outages is a big concern for any operator…

Data Center AI (Artificial Intelligence) Creates New Risks
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in data centers to…