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Are Data Centres Running Out of Capacity or Just Visibility?

Datacentremagazine · · 645 words · By Ben Craske
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The article discusses the issue of underutilized server capacity in data centers, arguing that visibility and optimization are often more critical than building new physical infrastructure. It suggests that monitoring tools can help organizations recover wasted resources and concludes by promoting ManageEngine's OpManager Nexus as a solution.

Propaganda risk 20%
Claims checked 5
Techniques found 2
Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center75%
Right25%

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What happened

Datacentremagazine reports: Are Data Centres Running Out of Capacity or Just Visibility?.

Why it matters

Data centres are being built faster than at any point in history.

Common ground

However, a significant share of the servers inside them are doing nothing.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

The article discusses the issue of underutilized server capacity in data centers, arguing that visibility and optimization are often more critical than building new physical infrastructure. It suggests that monitoring tools can help organizations recover wasted resources and concludes by promoting ManageEngine's OpManager Nexus as a solution.

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Propaganda Score
confidence: 95%
Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Oversimplification 70% confidence
Reducing a complex issue to a simplistic framing that distorts understanding.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing oversimplification helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “According to Uptime Institute's 2025 AI Infrastructure Survey, 52% of data centre operators hosting AI applications are already upgrading power distribution systems to support AI workloads”
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Two independent sources (Data Centre Magazine and a LinkedIn post) specifically cite the Uptime Institute's 2025 AI Infrastructure Survey and the exact figure of 52% of operators upgrading power distribution systems.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Panthalassa, is a US startup based in Portland, Oregon developing a deep water wave energy concept to power remote compute platforms. In May 2026, they announced $140m of Series B funding from a range…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthalassa_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AvenuesAI Limited, formerly Infibeam Avenues Limited, is an Indian financial technology that provides digital payment services, eCommerce platforms, digital lending, data cloud storage and enterprise …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AvenuesAI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A data center is a physical room, building, or facility for the purpose of the storage, management, and dissemination of data and information, including training artificial intelligence, housing IT in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center
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Claim 2: “Industry analysis suggests that between 20% and 40% of infrastructure in large enterprise environments may be over-provisioned once utilisation is examined closely.”
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While web results discuss the concept of over-provisioning and mention recovery of 25-40% of cloud bills, no source specifically corroborates the claim that 20-40% of infrastructure in 'large enterprise environments' is over-provisioned as a general industry analysis figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Between is a preposition. It may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The In Between is a 2022 American paranormal romance film directed by Arie Posin, written by Marc Klein, and starring Joey King and Kyle Allen. Tessa survives a car accident which took her boyfriend …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_In_Between
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Between may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Between
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Claim 3: “Data centres are being built faster than at any point in history.”
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Multiple independent web search reports confirm record-breaking data center construction spending and milestones in 2025 and 2026, specifically citing January 2026 as the highest monthly figure since recordkeeping began in 2020.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 4, 2026 · January 2026 marked a historic milestone for data center construction, with starts totaling $25.2 billion, the highest monthly figure since recordkeeping began in 2020. This surge includ…
https://news.constructconnect.com/march-2026-data-center-rep…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 16, 2026 · Data center construction has become the single fastest-growing category in American commercial real estate, and 2026 is the year that growth stopped looking like a trend and started loo…
https://theworlddata.com/data-center-construction-statistics…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 3, 2025 · Data center construction hit a record $14 billion in July 2025, doubling the previous monthly high and pushing year-to-date spending to $26.9 billion. Average data center costs climbed t…
https://news.constructconnect.com/constructconnect-report-re…
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Claim 4: “ManageEngine's OpManager Nexus is built for precisely this challenge, providing unified visibility across physical server infrastructure and virtual environments including VMware, Hyper-V, and Nutanix from a single console.”
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Official product pages and descriptions for ManageEngine OpManager Nexus explicitly state it provides unified visibility across physical servers and virtual environments including VMware, Hyper-V, and Nutanix from a single console.
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web search NEUTRAL — Monitor VMware ESX/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix, and Citrix XenServer host machines and their associated guest VMs from a single centralized dashboard. Automatically discover all VMs in a host by …
https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/enterp…
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web search NEUTRAL — Get end-to-end visibility across apps, infrastructure, and network layers. OpManager Nexus delivers full-stack observability to help you eliminate IT blind spots.
https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/full-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpManager Nexus - the platform formerly known as OpManager Plus - brings network, server, application, and configuration monitoring together in one console so your team can see and resolve issues fast…
https://manageengine.optrics.com/opmanager-nexus.html
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Claim 5: “Industry studies suggest average server utilisation rates across enterprise environments typically range between 12% and 18% of total capacity.”
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Only one relevant source (LinkedIn post on Server Utilisation) provides the specific range of 12% to 18% for global average server utilization. Other results are generic definitions of utilization.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In mathematics, an average of a collection or group is a value that is most central, common, or typical in some sense, and represents its overall position. In mathematics, it most commonly refers to t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In statistics, a moving average (rolling average or running average or moving mean or rolling mean) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different selections of …
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