Data Centre Magazine March 2026, Issue 40 | Page 117

– a critical aspect of business continuity in today’ s interconnected ecosystems.
Evaluating UPS for long-term resilience For data centre operators, evaluating UPS systems is about balancing long-term operational outcomes against short-term optimisation. As Michel advises, they should assess:
• How the system performs during faults, maintenance and partial failures
• Whether reliability claims are backed by rigorous physical and functional engineering analysis
• The safety and practicality of live maintenance throughout the system’ s lifespan
• Stability of performance under dynamic, AI-driven load conditions
• Protection of critical power functions from cyber and operational risks
“ Resilience doesn’ t come from a single feature. It’ s built through wellconsidered architectural choices that support service continuity, uptime, operational safety, and efficient performance throughout the data centre’ s lifecycle,” Michel states.
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