Five Data Center Predictions for 2022 (Uptime Intelligence)

Overview

This document is the annual predictions report that Uptime Intelligence prepared for 2022, published as UII Keynote Report 58 in January 2022. Its authors are A. Lawrence, R. Ascierto, D. Bizo and T. Rahkonen. The report looks past the obvious story of industry growth to identify the challenges expected to shape the year. The report is announced with a public landing page and abstract, and is presented with its named authors as Uptime Intelligence's annual predictions work.

The topics it highlights are sustainability reporting, the difficulty of reaching zero carbon, the uneven effects of processor innovation, supply chain problems and cloud concentration risk. Its abstract lists possible outcomes that include achieving zero-carbon emissions, reducing dependency on the cloud, benefiting from processor innovation and building supply-chain resiliency. Read together, these topics show that planning is shaped not only by capacity growth but also by reporting obligations, hardware supply and dependence on cloud providers.

The report sits behind a registration form or an Uptime Intelligence subscription, so only information from the public landing page was used here and the full text was not read. It is an outlook piece rather than a design rule or standard, and it should not be expected to supply numeric design criteria.

Key points

1. Published as UII Keynote Report 58 in January 2022.
2. Authors: A. Lawrence, R. Ascierto, D. Bizo, T. Rahkonen.
3. Headline issues: sustainability reporting and the difficulty of reaching zero carbon.
4. Processor innovation is expected to have uneven impacts.
5. Supply chain problems and cloud concentration risk are treated as distinct risks.
6. Predicted outcomes include reduced cloud dependency and supply-chain resiliency.

Using it in design

• Use it as context for roadmap and assumption notes on density, grid and liquid cooling in the design wizard.
• List sustainability reporting and zero-carbon goals as questions to ask about a client's long-term requirements.
• Cite it only to give context to assumptions, never as a source of design rules.

Who should read it

Managers and engineers who set data centre strategy, investment plans and design assumptions.

Publication details

Authors

Uptime Institute Intelligence

Publisher

Uptime Institute

Year

2022

Document number

UII Keynote Report 58

Document language

English

Source type

Industry body

Access

Citation only

Licence

Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document

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