Today’s AI-driven data centers are expanding astronomically. From high-density racks and massive GPU clusters, to thousands of network cables, data center assets and components are multiplying at a feverish pace that no manual process can match.
Among this chaos and complexity, management of assets simply cannot be accomplished with spreadsheets and manual tracing. The result? Mistakes, delays, and extended outages, leading to skyrocketing downtime costs.
Downtime Costs Are Exploding!
In fact, one hour of downtime now costs anywhere from $300,000 to more than $1 million for hyperscalers and large enterprises. And as growing complexity drives longer recovery times, SLA fees and penalties continue to mount.
Success in this new reality is less about strategic breakthroughs, and more about executing on a steady stream of details that slowly erode profitability:
- Difficulties tracing cables between densifying racks and pods
- The costs and risks of manually documenting chain-of-custody
- A lack of visibility into the increasingly complex connected environment.
Intelligent RFID technology can significantly tame the chaos and prevent human errors with real-time visibility into assets and connectivity, reducing time-to-resolution.
To explain how to use the latest RFID-enabled asset and cable tracking and management to take back control, HID is offering a free one-hour webinar entitled “Streamline Data Center Network Management with RFID.” Join industry experts, Bill Kleyman, Co-founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board at Apolo, and Daniel Canales, Business Development Manager and RFID expert at HID, as they explore how RFID enables data centers to manage AI-driven complexity with confidence.
Attend this webinar to learn how RFID is rapidly replacing manual tracking with real-time intelligence, helping teams accelerate deployments, reduce downtime and maintain compliance — even as infrastructure density continues to grow.
“Streamline Data Center Network Management with RFID”
Webinar Date: Feb. 18, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM EST | 5:00 PM CET | 4:00 PM GMT
Don’t miss this important webinar! Save your seat now: https://info.hidglobal.com/2026-idt-indnlog-global-02-iscindrfid-wbnr-hid-datacenter_lpreg.html



