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minus-squareCryan24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·4 days agoSo lots of heat plus combustible material… That sounds like a winning idea to me.
minus-squareBlemgo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-23 days agoIf memory serves right, one of Germany’s datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems. EDIT: it was in France, and Europe’s biggest datacenter.
minus-squareBlemgo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAh, seems to be right, my bad. Also, to correct myself a bit more: it was Europe’s biggest datacenter.
So lots of heat plus combustible material… That sounds like a winning idea to me.
If memory serves right, one of Germany’s datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems.
EDIT: it was in France, and Europe’s biggest datacenter.
It was OVH in France
Ah, seems to be right, my bad.
Also, to correct myself a bit more: it was Europe’s biggest datacenter.