Welcome to the October 2026 Edition

Join Our Upcoming Webinar: Are AI Data Centers and Sustainability Incompatible? A Sustainable Blueprint for Data Center Growth

Rapid data center growth is increasing demand for power generation and transmission, water, materials and equipment, placing industry sustainability objectives at risk. However, advances in data center technologies, design and materials can help operators accommodate growth while improving energy and environmental performance.

Uptime in the News

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AI Infrastructure Needs a Better Measure of Useful Work per Resource Consumed /Read More

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7×24 Exchange Fall 2026 Conference Reports /Read More

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Data Centers Face Shortage of Professionals With Experience
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Self-Improving AI Could Drive Innovation – But Strain Data Centers /Read More

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Data Center Water Use: Not So Simple a Picture as Often Painted /Read More

Recent Blog Posts

Preventing Skill Decay as AI Use Expands
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Lower Density Brings Server Efficiency and Cooling Gains
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This fall, Uptime Network members across the EMEA will gather at our regional conference focused on advancing the future of digital infrastructure:

Milan | Oct 20-21, 2026

This two-day event will feature exclusive data center tours, workshops, and in-depth sessions on the most critical topics impacting the industry.

Registration is open for Network members exclusively. Not a Network member? Request Guest Access now.

Join Us at These Events

DCD Connect | India 2026
October 13-14, 2026
Mumbai, India

See us at the following event session:

Debate: Preventing the next outage – Can reliability keep pace with rising density?
Patrick Chan, Managing Director, South Asia, Uptime Institute
Terminus 1 | Lobby Level
October 13, 2026 | 2:00-2:45 PM

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W.Media Malaysia Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2026
October 22, 2026
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

See us at the following event session:

Fireside Chat: Malaysia Data Center Market Outlook 2026-2030: From Hyperscale Growth to AI Infrastructure Hub
Patrick Chan, Managing Director, South Asia, Uptime Institute
October 22, 2026 | 11:30-11:50 AM

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7x24 Exchange 2026 Fall Conference
October 25-28, 2026
San Antonio, TX, USA

See us at the following event session:

Keynote: Energy Management in AI Data Centers – What’s the Same and What’s Different?
Jay Paidipati, Vice President, Energy & Sustainability, Uptime Institute
October 28, 2026

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Data Centre World Paris
November 18-19, 2026
Paris, France
Booth: J100

See us at the following event session:

Panel: AI Sets the Pace for Data Center Cooling
Hichem Djebali, Director, Uptime Institute
November 19, 2026 | 11:05 - 11:55 AM

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W.Media Thailand Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2026
November 26, 2026
Bangkok, Thailand