We have just confirmed reports that the oracalized datacenter in Strasbourg, France has caught on fire today, firefighters and data specialists are on scene. Rest assured Xitheon is working tirelessly with the DC to get your servers online ASAP, this currently affects millions of servers, not only those provisioned by Xitheon. Here is the official report from the datacenter
We are currently facing a major incident in our DataCenter of Strasbourg with a fire declared in the building SBG2.
Firefighters were immediately on the scene but could not control the fire in SBG2.
The whole site has been isolated, which impacts all our services in Strasbourg
All our teams are fully mobilized along with the firefighters.
We will keep you updated as more information becomes available
Apologies for any inconvenience, unfortunately this situation is currently outside of our control, please stand by
UPDATE: This situation is actively being covered by journalists on scene,
SBG2 data center in Strasbourg has been destroyed by a fire which also damaged SBG1. No one was hurt in the fire, but all four data centers on the site will be closed today.
The fire broke out just after midnight, on Wednesday morning, and took six hours to bring under control, with more than 100 firefighters at the scene. The five-story, 500 sq m SBG2 data center was destroyed, while SBG1 was seriously damaged. SBG3 and SBG4 were protected by the firefighters. The site is currently off-limits on Wednesday morning, and none of the data centers on the site will restart today, according to Octave Klaba.
The data center, at the Rue du Bassin de l'Industrie at the Port du Rhin, caught fire at 12:40 am, according to a report by Antoine Bonin of local news site DNA, who reports: "When help arrived, the structure was completely set on fire, with flames bursting out several tens of meters in height."
The fire spread to two other buildings, damaging one other data center on the site. "A part of SBG1 is destroyed," said a tweet from Octave Klaba, who recommended that customers activate disaster plans, as "the whole site has been isolated, which impacts all services in SBG1-4."
The emergency services of Bas-Rhin sent 115 firefighters and 44 machines including six "cannon launchers" and two ladders, according to the DNA report. The facility is virtually on the French border, and other resources were mobilized across the border in Germany, according to a press release from Bas-Rhin. A Franco-German pump boat, Europa 1, carrying a German crew, helped put out the fire, taking water directly from the Rhine.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fire-destroys-ovhclouds-sbg2-data-center-strasbourg/
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
