Why Major Data Center Outages May Soon Be A Thing Of The Past
ITPro, Thursday, April 4th, 2024
Data center outages have declined significantly over the last year or so, but when downtime does happen, the financial repercussions are even more severe
Data center outages are becoming less frequent and less severe, according to new research, highlighting increased resiliency across the industry.
As the number of data centers continues to expand, you might expect the overall number of data center-related outages to increase. But new research from Uptime Institute shows there has been a consistent downward trend in both the frequency and severity of outages for the last few years.
According to the institute's 2023 data center survey, just over half (55%) of data center operators said they had suffered an outage in the past three years. But that's down from 60% in 2022 and 69% in 2021.