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As corporate AI moves beyond pilots and experimentation, infrastructure designers and operators face a series of big challenges spanning power, resiliency, sustainability and automation
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uptime Institute today announced the release of its Five Data Center Predictions for 2026 looking beyond the more obvious trends of 2026 and examining some of the latest developments and challenges shaping the digital infrastructure industry. The 2026 predictions focus on the continued growth of the industry and related challenges, while also recognizing AI as a powerful, transformative accelerant to growth. While AI is the key driver for a wave of investment that will underpin digital infrastructure for decades to come, the speed and ultimate size of the build-outs are unclear at this time.
“Critical digital infrastructure continues to expand strongly,” said Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute. “At the same time, our research shows uncertainty about how AI will reshape demand. This is complicating both capacity planning and resiliency strategies. We are also seeing increasing fragmentation in the design and deployment of data centers and expect investment and innovation in carbon capture technologies, in AI, and automation in the data center itself.”
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