UII RESEARCH AGENDA | UPDATED JUNE 2024
Intelligence Update
Uptime Intelligence Research Agenda
The latest Uptime Intelligence research agenda includes a list all published and planned reports from January 2024 to August 2024, and is focused on Uptime Intelligence primary coverage areas: 1) power generation, distribution, energy storage; 2) data center management software (automation, AI); 3) sustainability, energy efficiency; 4) silicon and systems; 5) resiliency: outages, topology, climate risks; 6) cooling and heat rejection; 7) staffing and skills; 8) security and human risk
January 2024
Tools to improve power use by IT are underused
Tracking of IT equipment varies widely and often fall short
EU’s EED: proposed reporting revisions
Five data center predictions for 2024
How server power management works
Colocation and public cloud growth masks enterprise expansion
Resiliency versus low PUE: regulators a catalyst for innovation
AI startups innovate in cooling and IT operations
Uptime’s predictions 2022 to 2024 — relevant and actionable?
Air-assisted direct liquid cooling
February 2024
Most operators plan to spend more on rising demand
Critical role for EU data center code of conduct
The role of AI in digital infrastructure management
Managing server performance for power: a missed opportunity
EU battery regulations: what do the new rules mean?
Long shifts in data centers — time to reconsider?
UK prepares resiliency, cybersecurity legislation for colocation
March 2024
Ineffective cyber policies increase corporate risk
Data collection for IT metrics: is the industry ready?
Capacity expands rapidly, but complexity is challenging
Sustainability data exchange in colo and cloud contracts
Cloud outage insurance: assessing policy option
US mandates crypto energy reporting: will data centers be next?
Generative AI and global power consumption: high, but not that high
Confusion reigns over EED May 15 reporting deadline
EED delegated regulation is finally final
April 2024
Sustainability strategies face greater pressure in 2024
Tutorial 1: Scoping data center cybersecurity
Equipment prices rise despite supply chain improvements
Increased requirements for Scope 3 reporting and energy certificates
Underwater data centers: lessons from the deep
Next-gen refrigerants: another environmental plight?
Time to collaborate on contracts for sustainability
OT protection — is air-gapping the answer?
The threat to data center security from state-sponsored hackers
Scope 3 accounting: once is not enough
Uncertain power demand figures will lead to poor decisions
DLC momentum rises, but operators remain cautious
Maturity model for sustainability downplays site-level resiliency
May 2024
The impact of AI on data center operations (Part I)
Data center sustainability standards (updated)
Uptime Institute Cooling Systems Survey 2024: Direct liquid cooling
A deep dive into certificates for carbon-free energy
Capacity planning for liquid-cooled data centers
Operators are pushing net-zero targets beyond 2030
Why DC racks are still rarely used outside of hyperscalers
Is this air cooling's last gasp?
High-impact outages highlight ongoing resiliency challenges
iPDUs: a critical step for next generation efficiency
Complexity versus cybersecurity in the data center
June 2024
Low carbon concrete and steel: volume production is not imminent
Tutorial 2: Identifying and addressing data center cybersecurity issues
Data center water issues - are they critical?
Heat reuse engineering
The science behind effective EOPs
EED member state schedule
Operator concerns over Li-ion safety is growing
Advances in air cooling technologies
AI applications and colo customers demand OT data access
How to create an effective outreach strategy
Water cold plates take a big lead in the small world of DLC
DCIM series (Part 1): what has changed?
July 2024
The impact of AI on data center operations (Part 2)
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024
7x24 carbon-free energy: taking your game to the next level
Collecting IT power metrics (Part 2): using software
Established AI software vendors
Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure & Ecosystem Integrity Score
Case study: ADP cooling efficiency ratio project
Is inferencing a killer app for the edge?
Hardware for AI: what makes it different?
Practical considerations for net-zero accounting in a colo facility
Collecting IT power metrics (Part 3): BMC
Preventing and extinguishing Li-ion fires
August 2024
Data center sustainability versus resiliency
Reimagining power supply and management for data centers
Tutorial 3: Data center cybersecurity governance
The coming of quantum usefulness
Hydrogen power and data centers (Part 1)
The business side of waste heat recapture
Comments on the EED delegated act: what do they tell us about the future of data centers?
IT power and utilization: integrating grid demand and capacity
Hydrogen power and data centers (Part 2)
Hydrogen power and data centers (Part 3)
(Titles, dates and descriptions are subject to change. Further details and extra reports and updates will be added to further iterations of this sheet as needed and will be available closer to the date of publication.)
About the Author
Douglas Donnellan
Douglas is a Research Associate at Uptime Institute covering sustainability in data centers. His background includes environmental research and communications, with a strong focus on education.
ddonnellan@uptimeinstitute.com