While datacenter operators are under pressure to reduce energy consumption, reliability is gradually increasing and there have been fewer reported disruptive outages. Meanwhile, trust in AI as a tool for operational decision making has actually fallen. Uptime Institute's Global DataCenter Survey 2023 shows that the bit barn industry continues to grow in importance and scale, but faces ongoing staffing and supply chain problems. The survey covered a total of 879 respondents across multiple countries, with just over half located in North America and Europe.

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