Despite vast investments in always-on power, data centers the world over continue to grapple with power disruptions and outages. Because continuous availability is the key performance indicator, new tools to reduce the likelihood of an on-site power failure are essential.
Globally, 69% of data center owners and operators experienced a power-related outage between 2019 and 2021. Half of those outages had a “significant impact in the form of cost, time, and reputation.” And the biggest cause of those outages were on-site power failures. Further, the cost of outages is increasing. Outages costing between $100,000 and $1 million are up year-over-year in 2020 and 2021, according to the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2021.