The OVH CEO suggested that poor maintenance work on some inverters could have sparked the fire that destroyed one of the web host's four data centers and took major websites and services offline. OVH, the first European host and third in the world, recently suffered a catastrophic fire at its facilities in Strasbourg, France. In a video message to apologize to customers and provide an update on efforts to bring its data centers back online, company boss Octave Klaba singled out recently-repaired inverters as possible culprits in the incident. the video.
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Klaba confirmed that the fire completely destroyed the SBG2 data center, as reported, adding that four pieces of SBG1 that were nearby were also lost to hell. However, the other eight rooms of SBG1, as well as the other two data centers, SBG3 and SBG4, are completely unscathed. Recounting the events of the morning of the fire, Klaba said that by the time his staff responded to the fire alarms, the facility was already engulfed in smoke. When the firefighters responded to his calls, they also purchased thermal cameras, which allowed them to see through the radio and detect the two PSUs that were on fire. Klaba noted that one of these inverters had been repaired the day before and returned to active service the afternoon before the day of the fire. He also noted that the empty SBG2 data center had over 300 security cameras and that the team was working to recover and analyze to determine culpability for the event. At the same time, Klaba assured customers that the team is working hard to restart the remaining data centers after carefully checking the cooling systems and power supply systems, which is a lot of work. However, they still hope to be able to get some systems back up and running next week. Via: The Registry