Uptime’s 14th Annual Global Data Center Survey Results Show Expanding Industry Planning for Major Technological, Economic and Operational Changes
2024年7月30日 - 7:02PM
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Demand for Digital Services Continues Growth
Both in Volume and Compute Intensity
Uptime Institute today announced the release of its 14th Annual
Global Data Center survey. The increased demand for digital
services with both volume and compute intensity is challenging the
power and cooling capabilities of much of the existing
infrastructure. To meet the rising demand, data center operators
and their IT clients are both investing and innovating more in
their IT services and facilities and using external services. The
effectiveness and impact of these investments will serve to shape
the industry in the years ahead.
“Our data shows operators poised for major changes ahead on
multiple levels,” said Andy Lawrence, executive director of
research, Uptime Intelligence. “In 2024, we see the challenges of
increased demand impacting power and cooling capabilities of
existing facilities and the need for further investment to keep up
with the demand. At the same time the industry needs to focus on
continued staffing challenges to match capacity growth. And
regulatory requirements are here and cannot be dismissed.”
Now in its 14th year, Uptime Institute’s annual survey remains
the most comprehensive and longest-running study of its kind. The
findings of this report highlight the practices and experiences of
data center owners and operators in the areas of resiliency,
sustainability, efficiency, staffing, cloud and artificial
intelligence. It provides detailed insights into the digital
infrastructure landscape and a view into its future trajectory. Key
findings from the 2024 report include:
- Fewer than one half of data center owners and operators are
tracking the metrics needed to assess their sustainability and/or
meet pending regulatory requirements.
- Most operators recognize the benefits of AI and its potential.
But despite many operators planning to host the technology, trust
in AI for use in data center operations has declined for the third
year in a row.
- The frequency and severity of data center outages remain mainly
unchanged from 2023 or show small improvements. Operators are
countering increases in complexity, density and extreme weather
with investment and good management practices.
- Average server rack densities are increasing but remain below 8
kilowatts (kW). Most facilities do not have racks above 30kW, and
those that do have only a few. This is expected to change in coming
years.
- Enterprises continue to meet their IT needs with hybrid
architectures. More than one half of workloads (45%) are now
off-premises, continuing the gradual trend of recent years. Many
continued to maintain their own data centers.
- Staffing challenges have neither improved nor worsened from
2023. More effort is needed to expand labor pools and skillsets to
match the pace of capacity growth.
- Average PUE levels remain mostly flat for the fifth consecutive
year, but this conceals advances in newer, larger facilities.
About the Survey:
Uptime conducted this year’s annual Global Data Center Survey
online and by email in the first half of 2024. The survey
participants represent a wide range of industry verticals in
multiple countries. Responses were collected from a total of 879
end users registered for the survey and answered at least one
question. More than one half are located in North America and
Europe. Approximately one third of respondents work for
professional IT/data center service providers (staff with
operational or executive responsibilities for a third-party data
center), such as those offering colocation, wholesale, software or
cloud computing services.
Learn More:
Download the executive summary report here and register for the
webinar here covering key trends and takeaways from the survey
results on July 31st at 9:00 AM PDT (9:00 AM PDT, 12:00 PM EDT, and
5:00 PM BST). To join our Uptime Institute Bright Talk Channel, go
to https://www.brighttalk.com/join/.
About Uptime Institute
Uptime Institute is the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority.
With over 3,500 awards issued in over 118 countries around the
globe, and over 1,000 currently active projects in 80+ countries,
Uptime has helped tens of thousands of companies optimize critical
IT assets while managing costs, resources, and efficiency.
For over 30 years, the company has established industry-leading
benchmarks for data center performance, resilience, sustainability,
and efficiency, which provide customers assurance that their
digital infrastructure can perform across a wide array of operating
conditions at a level consistent with their individual business
needs. Uptime’s Tier Standard is the IT industry’s most trusted and
adopted global standard for the design, construction, and operation
of data centers. Offerings include the organization’s Tier Standard
and Certifications, Management & Operations reviews and
assessments including SCIRA-FSI financial sector risk assessment,
the Sustainability Assessment and a broad range of additional risk
management, performance, availability, and related offerings.
Uptime Education training programs have been successfully completed
by over 90,000 data center professionals, expanded by the
acquisition of CNet Training, Ltd.
Uptime Institute is headquartered in New York, NY, with main
offices in London, Sao Paulo, Dubai, Riyadh, Singapore, and Taipei,
and full-time Uptime professionals based in over 34 countries
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