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… Not your greatest vulnerability . Aside from UPS failures , human error accounts for the highest number of data centre outages . Alarmingly , with the industry understaffed and more and more of the workforce reaching retirement age , the problem is only likely to get worse over the coming decade . Invest in your staff and invest now . Data centre operators that attract top talent , develop existing staff and incorporate constant training and development into their DNA will benefit , not only from safer data centres , but a competitive advantage over their peers .

Good Habits : Create partnerships with universities that support scholarships and grants to attract more students to the industry . Bad Habits : Lean too heavily on automation at the expense of a skilled human workforce . datacentremagazine . com 153