l’heat wave unprecedented to hit the UK has also put some data centers in serious trouble. Is google That Oracle they have been forced to downsize some of their data centers, both citing “cooling system problems.”
Record temperatures are being recorded across Europe, but those of United Kingdom it is a case that deserves a separate mention. The country is used to milder summers than in central and southern Europe, so the authorities were also arrested unprepared. This week, an air force base had to suspend all flights after the asphalt of some runways had literally melted. The same problem also occurred at some civilian airports.
Tuesday Google Cloud he had warned his customers that one of his own London data center he started having problems with the cooling system, unable to handle today’s high temperatures. The company was forced to suspend some services so as not to endanger the health of its servers.
Same fate for Oracle, in recent days the system of server cooling of a London data center had been shut down after several outages and the latter company was also forced to suspend and shut down several servers to prevent “irreparable damage to hardware equipment”. The company has since announced that it has successfully restored all its services.
For the first time since they were detected, the UK has temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. The violent heat wave has not only affected data centers. The rising temperatures of the rivers forced France to reduce nuclear power production, with serious consequences for energy prices.
Source: Lega Nerd
