DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
perception of improved visibility into cloud operational resiliency grows , organisations are more likely to trust the cloud for missioncritical workloads . In 2022 , just 63 % of operators are not placing mission-critical workloads into a public cloud , a substantial drop from almost 75 % in 2019 . That trust might be misplaced , given that more than one-third of respondents report that public cloud availability zone outages ( which are relatively common ) would cause significant performance issues .
• Data centre equipment vendors optimistic despite demand pressures and lingering supply chain problems – Three-quarters of vendors project year-over-year revenue growth in 2022 despite reporting dampened revenues due to persistent COVID-induced supply chain issues . Nearly half of respondents involved with data centre construction have suffered significant delays ( or other events ) in their supply chains , while one-third have experienced moderate issues .
• Problems attracting and retaining qualified staff are worsening – Over half ( 53 %) of data centre operators report difficulty finding qualified employees in 2022 – up from 47 % in 2021 and 38 % in 2018 . And 42 % of respondents report issues with staff being hired away – in most cases to data centre competitors – a massive increase over just 17 % in 2018 , which demonstrates the growing challenge of employee retention throughout the sector .
Uptime ’ s 2022 Global Data Center Survey also includes findings on industry attitudes towards nuclear energy , server refresh rates , rack density trends and more .
This year ’ s study took place in H1 2022 and includes responses from around 800 data centre owners and operators responsible for managing infrastructure at the world ’ s largest IT organisations . It also includes insights from 700 data centre suppliers , designers and advisors worldwide . �
THE FREQUENCY OF OUTAGES IS STILL MUCH TOO HIGH AND WITH MORE THAN TWO- THIRDS NOW COSTING OPERATORS UPWARDS OF US $ 100,000 , THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GETTING WORSE .
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