The UK has very high temperatures and data centers in London Google Cloud They went offline for a day because they couldn’t stand the heat and had problems trying to cool down the system.
The weather issue didn’t just affect those nearby, it may have caused problems throughout the US and the Pacific region, causing hours of disruption and blocking access to basic Google services.
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In the capital, another data center hit by the heat is Oracle. US-only users experienced outages, and the company blamed “unseasonal temperatures” for the blackout.
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The United Kingdom Met Office (Meteorological Office) says the record high temperatures are a prophecy of more to come, and means data centers need to prepare for a new moment.
According to a study by the digital services standards organization Uptime Institute, 45% of data centers in the US have already experienced extreme heat that has compromised operations. Director of Operational Intelligence, a British data center operational intelligence consultancy, said cooling packages is a complex, multi-step process. In this process you can analyze the temperature through the nearest weather station.
But when they were first built, data centers were designed to withstand temperatures of up to 32 degrees, and now they reach 42 degrees. Thus, everything must be adjusted to withstand extreme heat.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) It warns that any year up to 2026 has a 93% chance of being the hottest on record.
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