The summer heat is hitting data centers hard — and outages and downtime may only get worse
- 54% of global data center capacity is at risk of temperature-related climate stress
- Before damage even occurs, operating costs can soar to keep up with cooling demands
- Future projects should focus on temperature projections and resource availability
A new First Street report has identified extreme heat as one of the most significant long-term risks that data centers face worldwide, with rising global temperatures, higher hardware power density and strained cooling demands all contributing to the problem.
More than half (54%) of the global data center capacity surveyed is now said to be located in markets that expect to face growing chronic climate risks like rising temperatures, more frequent heatwaves, drought and water stress.
But besides causing physical damage, rising temperatures can also add to operational costs simply by demanding more cooling capacity, the report argues.
Heat is a data center's worst enemy
Higher temperatures mean cooling systems need to work...
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