In an increasingly data-driven world, the need for uninterrupted data center operations is critical. Yet, operators still face the ongoing threat of outages. This panel will explore the urgent need to embrace digital transformation in data center maintenance to protect reliability and boost uptime. Even with Tier 3 and Tier 4 centers ensuring up to 99.995% availability, traditional maintenance methods fall short of detecting potential failures. Digital solutions provide critical real-time insights with the ability to foresee potential failures and enable proactive maintenance schedules, ultimately driving higher reliability and sustained uptime.