Uptime Workshop: Data Center Outages and their Impact

Date: May 7, 2024, 10:15 a.m. — 10:45 a.m. SGT

Speaker: Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, Uptime Institute

Avoiding digital infrastructure failures continues to be a predominant issue for data center owners and operators. In this session, we will review and discuss the key findings of the 6th Annual Outage Analysis Report 2024, the annual benchmark review of the impacts, costs and changing types and frequency of crucial infrastructure failures. Outages remain a major industry concern despite improving technology and better management of availability. Uptime Institute will draw lessons from global outages data.

Speaker: Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, Uptime Institute

Speakers: Mustapha Louni, Chief Business Officer, Uptime Institute;
Amro Almashharawi, Vice President Advisory Services, Uptime Institute;
Elie Al Chami, Senior Director - Middle East, Uptime Institute

Keynote Session: Annual Outage Analysis 2024

Date: May 16, 2024

Speaker: Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, Uptime Institute

Join Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, for an insightful discussion on the latest trends and findings from the 6th Annual Uptime Institute Outage Analysis 2024. This presentation will provide an overview of the significant challenges and evolving dynamics in data center outages, emphasizing how organizations can enhance operational resilience. Hear practical insights drawn from Uptime’s comprehensive surveys and outage tracking, aimed at helping professionals in the data center sector understand the critical factors that influence facility uptime and reliability.

Highlights:

• Analysis of outage trends over the past year, showing a slow but steady decrease in frequency juxtaposed with an increase in cyber-related incidents.
• A look into the economic and operational impacts of outages, revealing that most severe disruptions are preventable with the right measures.
• Strategies for mitigating risks associated with power failures and networking issues, the most common causes of data center outages.

Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Colocation Facilities

Date: May 16, 2024 at 4:20 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. CDT

Speaker: Jay Paidipati, Vice President Sustainability Program Management, Uptime Institute

Topics include:

• Critical role of white space
• Competitive edge for colocation operators
• Design and engineering risk management
• Optimization of cooling system parameters for energy efficiency
• Energy supply – How, what and from where
• Digital twins and other technologies for best-in-class design and engineering
• Improving the energy efficiency of existing facilities

Speaker: Ali Moinuddin, Managing Director, Europe, Uptime Institute

Strategies for Data Centers: Achieving Sustainability Without Compromising Resilience

Date: May 23, 2024, 1:20 p.m. — 1:45 p.m. CEST

Speaker: Syed Akhtar, Senior Sales Director, Uptime Institute

Environmental sustainability is a growing concern for customers, corporate stakeholders, and regulators around the world. This will be a discussion around the challenges we face to reach climate neutrality and how the data center industry can better embrace sustainable practices and build more resilient and sustainable digital infrastructure.

Wednesday Keynote: Prioritizing Highly Evolved Infrastructure and Fully Optimized Operations, Are You Ready?

Date: June 12, 2024, 8:45 a.m. — 9:45 a.m. EDT

Speaker: Ron Davis, Vice President, Digital Infrastructure Operations, Uptime Institute

State-of-the-art infrastructure design and construction must be seamlessly integrated with operational excellence to support reliable, secure, and effective data center operations. A well-located, purpose-built facility, designed and built to include reliable, efficient, and high-performance infrastructure, provides the foundation for a fully functional data center, while a top-tier data center operations program facilitates its optimal utilization. This holistic approach maximizes the potential of advanced equipment and technologies but also mitigates risks, minimizes downtime, manages change, and enhances overall resilience. The synergy that occurs when you prioritize highly evolved infrastructure and fully optimized operations is a critical factor in supporting a growing, yet increasingly competitive industry.

Speaker: Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Rana Qadir, Vice President, Australia, New Zeeland (ANZ) & Greater India, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Ali Moinuddin, Managing Director, Europe, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Philip Hu, Managing Director, North Asia, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Arturo Maqueo Bobadilla, Director of Business Development Mexico, Central America & Caribbean, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Ali Moinuddin, Managing Director, Europe, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Patrick Chan, Vice President, South Asia, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Eder Gallardo, Senior Consultant, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Matt Stansberry, Vice President, North America, Uptime Institute

Speaker: Sylvie Le Roy, Business Development Director France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Uptime Institute