5 Causes Of Data Center Outages (And How to Overcome Them)

Data center outages cause huge disruption to mission-critical applications and can be very costly to organizations. While evidence suggests the rate at which they occur is stalling, the damage these data center outages cause is becoming more costly, highlighting the need to be proactive in tackling them.

The 11th Global Data Center Survey conducted by the Uptime Institute found 31% of respondents said they had no data center outages in 2021. This is up from 22% in 2020, which is a positive trend, but those who did suffer outages found them to be more expensive. 

Some 47% of data centers that did experience data center outages reported costs of between $100k and $1 million. What’s striking about this situation is that data center outages are mainly preventable, so the case for overcoming them is clear.

While disruption is the most obvious consequence of data center outages, there are other implications too. These can include reputational damage, lost revenue and the time and resources it takes to rectify the issue.