To help owners, developers and operators secure uptime in the high-density AI era, Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) has launched Data Center Availability Intelligence – a system designed to protect users’ uptime.
Traditional component-level analysis is no longer sufficient to support complex modern facilities. HBK’s new offering shifts the focus to system-level outcomes, helping teams engineer availability during the early design phases and actively protect it after launch across the three critical stages of planning, validation and operation.
During planning, users can model power, cooling and network architectures before major capital decisions are finalised. They can then virtually test redundancy, dependencies and maintenance strategies before the go-live date. During the final stage, they can use real-world equipment and monitoring data to identify emerging risks before they cause downtime.
HBK has also introduced Uptime Diagnostic – a targeted, accessible evaluation of a single critical system, such as power, cooling or design architecture. This focused engagement provides several advantages, including a quantified baseline for availability and downtime risk. It offers direct evidence of the likely outcomes of planned redundancy strategies and helps teams manage the trade-offs between availability, capital expenditure (CapEx) and operational efficiency.
‘Understanding individual component reliability is no longer enough; we must look at how the entire system performs together,’ said Adi Dhora, Principal Consultant at HBK. ‘Our system-level approach moves teams away from reactive troubleshooting, enabling them to optimise capital costs and target maintenance precisely where it prevents downtime.’
The HBK model, established through the initial diagnostic, can easily be scaled into a live RAM (Reliability, Availability and Maintainability) Digital Twin. Powered by the ReliaSoft Asset Performance Framework, the solution connects real-time operational data with engineering models to guide ongoing decisions about investment, spare parts and maintenance.
More information is available on HBK’s website.
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