Battery blaze at state data center casts shadow over ESS push

A battery fire in the backup power system at a key government data center is raising concerns over the country’s push to ...

A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and 'eight years’ worth of work' stored in the cloud go up in smoke

With so much of our personal and professional lives stored in the cloud, it's easy to forget just how fragile these systems ...
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What we're learning about multiple fires at this Chesterfield data center

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The operators of Chirisa Technology Parks have committed to replacing all batteries at their Chesterfield data center after a fourth fire incident prompted concerns from ...
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(LEAD) Lee orders inspections of all gov't network systems after data center fire

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting held at the presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 30, 2025. (Yonhap) ...
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Pye-Barker acquires sister suppression companies Fire-X and Fire Protection Products

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Fire-X Sales and Service Corp. and its sister company Fire Protection Products (FPP), fire suppression experts based in Maryland. With ...
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Fire at South Korean Data Center Causes Government Service Outages

Hundreds of state services were still offline the day after a lithium battery exploded during maintenance work at a data center, officials said. The fire was extinguished on Saturday. By John Yoon and ...
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Cooling the future: Why rack-level containment is the key to AI infrastructure

The next generation of data centers will be defined by how well they support the workloads of tomorrow – starting today ...

Amazon's planned data center won't be cooled with as much water. Here's what it will use

The announcement came after Tucson rejected a plan to annex the Project Blue site, which would have connected it to the city's reclaimed water supply.