The statistic reveals the distribution of causes behind unplanned data center outages in the United States, from 2010 to 2016. In 2016, the cyber crime - in particular, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks - were behind ** percent of all unplanned outages reported.
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Cloudscene. (July 10, 2017). Share of unplanned data center outages in the United States from 2010 to 2016, by root cause [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/666840/united-states-data-centers-unplanned-outage-root-cause/
Cloudscene. "Share of unplanned data center outages in the United States from 2010 to 2016, by root cause." Chart. July 10, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/666840/united-states-data-centers-unplanned-outage-root-cause/
Cloudscene. (2017). Share of unplanned data center outages in the United States from 2010 to 2016, by root cause. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/666840/united-states-data-centers-unplanned-outage-root-cause/
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Share of unplanned data center outages in the United States from 2010 to 2016, by root cause [Graph], Cloudscene, July 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/666840/united-states-data-centers-unplanned-outage-root-cause/
