Supply-Chain Constraints Spike Data-Center Outages
NetworWorld, Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Almost half of data center operators surveyed have had an outage because they couldn't get needed parts.
Shortages due to supply-chain problems has faded from the headlines, but they persist and are actually getting worse in some sectors.
A report from AFCOM, an organization of data-center professionals, found that 44% of data-center operators surveyed had suffered downtime or an outage because they couldn't get needed parts.
In the report 'State of the Data Center 2023,' 94% of respondents said that they have had supply-chain issues of one kind or another. The most commonly cited items in short supply (59%) are basic IT equipment such as servers and switches, followed by power systems (51%) including generators and UPSes.