Uptime and reliability are the backbone of the data center industry, and the importance only rises as AI and other data center workloads increase in strategic importance. Risks include operational factors such as securing reliable energy and securing against physical and cyber threats, to macro factors such as fast-changing customer requirements and technological shifts and obsolescence. Learn how operators assess and mitigate the biggest risks, ensuring long-term stability in a rapidly changing landscape.

Discussion points:

Securing reliable, sustainable and scalable energy supply including on-site power, electrification, storage and efficiency tools
Designing to adapt to growing and changing customer needs, including capacity planning, cooling specifications, workload density, and energy loads
Building robust security to safeguard against physical and cyber threats
Creating a framework to assess technology obsolescence: is it inevitable?