Data centers garnered a lot of attention in 2020 as many companies shifted to an entirely remote workforce and stay-home orders increased user demand. Let’s take a look at the top 20 articles of the year to see which topics drew the attention of our readers.

The Middle East data center market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 7% through 2024.

The EDGEasy Free Series solution leverages pre-engineered designs of in-house IT racks, aisle air containment, in-row precision cooling, modular UPS systems, a monitoring system, and redundant distribution to support the IT load.

DC Blox and Uptime Institute performed the Tier III Certification of a constructed facility in an active data center under pandemic guidelines.

In many cases, the pandemic accelerated digital transformation to a point where there’s no turning back.

The findings discussed in this report reveal what operators around the world are thinking, doing, and planning in the areas of efficiency, resiliency, workload placement, staffing, and new technology adoption.

In almost every area under discussion — outages, resiliency, staffing, workload placement, or innovation — there is considerable variety in the strategies being employed.

This advisory report has been produced by Uptime Institute, with the assistance of clients and members, to help operators of critical infrastructure facilities prepare for, and respond to, the impact of COVID-19.

As a comprehensively certified provider whose information security management system (ISMS) has received an array of third-party accreditations, including The Uptime Institute Management and Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval, Stack remains dedicated to ensuring clients’ data is conscientiously and thoroughly protected.

Granger Construction, Integrated Design Solutions, IBI Group, Motor City Electric, and Conti Corp. made history, as their design-build data center project became the first in the state of Michigan to receive Uptime Institute’s Tier III Certification for both design and constructed facilities.