According to NASA, areas in the north of the U.S will experience higher rainfall, increasingly extreme hurricanes, and sea levels will rise by about eight feet by 2100. With climate change, extreme weather events have become much more frequent, and their magnitude has increased globally. This scenario presents a significant risk to server rooms and data centers by increasing the likelihood of water and fire damage.
Can Your Data Center and Business Recover After a Natural Disaster?
Data loss or inaccessibility after a natural disaster is a significant concern. After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, data centers in Manhattan had to extract water from the generator rooms and restore switchgear to become operational. In the U.K., flooding in Leeds caused im ...
