Natron Energy's sodium-ion batteries are non-flammable and have more energy density than lithium-ion batteries. Right now, they're primarily being used as emergency backup in data centers, but expect to see them powering EVs soon.
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Uptime Institute's survey shows that corporations are taking a hybrid approach, but that on-premises data centers remain the mission critical centerpiece of their IT environment. Following on-prem in importance are colocation facilities and public cloud.
The percentage of outages caused by cooling issues is expected to rise as server density increases.
Data center operators recognize that AI is the future, but also recognize that the future won't arrive until the present is past.
Sustainability regulations now going into play have put data centers in something of a twilight zone regarding data they need to collect and analyze.
While word on the street is that AI workloads are sending server rack densities sky high, Uptime's 2024 study says it ain't so… not yet, anyway.
When Uptime Institute asked about costs for the first time in this year's survey, it found them to be the number one concern for data center operators.
The increased infrastructure requirements needed for AI workloads have largely been retrofitted into existing data centers. That's about to change.
One surprise in this year's Cost of a Data Breach Report is that generative AI is being successfully used not only to prevent data breaches, but to substantially lower the cost of a breach when one happens.
Despite grappling with staffing shortfalls for years, one in five data centers have no women on staff.
According to Dell'Oro's report, CoolIT Systems, Boyd, and Motivair were the top three earners in the Data Center Liquid Cooling arena in 2023.