cost of downtime

Cover image for Brocent IT blog post: What Does an Hour of IT Downtime Cost? Survey Figures and What Regulators in Hong Kong, Singapore and the US Already Allow

November 03, 2026 | 15 min

What Does an Hour of IT Downtime Cost? Survey Figures and What Regulators in Hong Kong, Singapore and the US Already Allow

An industry research report on the cost of IT downtime: what firms report an hour costs (ITIC 2024, Uptime Institute 2026), one modelled event, the downtime limits MAS and the HKMA already set for regulated firms in Singapore and Hong Kong, the US position, and a method to estimate your own hourly cost.