![[VIDEO] Data Center Power Consumption and the Hyperscale Shift](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Data-Center-Power-Consumption-and-the-Hyperscale-Shift-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog
Spoiler alert: data centers use a lot of power. In fact, many experts estimate that data storage and transmission in and from data centers use 1% of global electricity. Surprisingly though, this share has hardly changed since 2010, even though the number of internet... ![[VIDEO] Data Center Risk Management: Availability vs. Reliability](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data-center-risk-management-availability-vs-reliability-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog
In the data center industry, we tend to use the terms ‘availability’ and ‘reliability’ somewhat synonymously, and while they are related, they are not the same thing. On one hand, reliability is defined as the probability of failure-free system operation over a... ![[VIDEO] How Fan Affinity Laws Impact Fan Energy Savings](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/how-fan-affinity-laws-impact-fan-energy-savings-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog
As we’ve previously discussed, cooling optimization is the process of making adjustments to the cooling system controls (such as raising temperature set points or reducing fan speeds). Therefore, the fan affinity laws (also simply referred to as “fan laws”) associated... ![[VIDEO] Trends That Drive Our Market: State of the Data Center 2022](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Trends-That-Drive-Our-Market-State-of-the-Data-Center-2022-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
We have entered in to what’s being referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. While the Third Industrial Revolution was classified as using electronics and information technology to automate production, the Fourth builds on much of this and the digital... ![[VIDEO] Data Center Risk Management: Understanding the Risks We Face – Part 2](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/data-center-risk-management-understanding-the-risks-we-face-part-2-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog
As we previously discussed, the first step of understating the risks a data center faces is understanding the data center itself and its purpose. Once this is understood, we can then better understand the common issues that introduce risk. Unfortunately, many of these...