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Aussie Data Centres Brace For Dust Storm Barrage

Posted by samzenpus on from the sand-gets-in-your-tubes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Data centers and telcos in the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane have shut off external ventilation systems, restricted loading dock access and attended false alarms after a major dust storm choked the cities today. The storm is said to be the worst of its type ever recorded in Australia. Macquarie Telecom disengaged automatic deployment of fire-prevention gas from the fire alarm to prevent gas being released on a false alarm. Other major data center operators reported clogged air filters and heat exchangers and said they would be performing cleaning and maintenance operations this week."

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  1. Old news... happened yesterday! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This happened yesterday in Australia... We are kind of over it now!

  2. Re:c-c-c-c by cheekyboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you make me laff seriously, reduce c02 will help?
    Ok,

    1. lets eat every single cow, and make them extinct
    2. make cutting down lots of trees illegal, except for personal use, like a house.
    3. increase petrol taxes to $50/litre and make bikes free.

    Ok youve achieve youre goal and reducing c02 emissions.
    Next week a giant volcano in suva erupts spewing out the equivalent of 50 years of USA c02 emissions in one day.

    More realisticly, 6.3m cars a year are made in china, you think that will reduce c02?
    http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Business/CBGdetails.aspx?subchap=3&content=9

    Over 10 years how much c02 is that? All western efforts are pointless.

    Darn, that was a waste. What now.

     

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