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Aussie Data Centres Brace For Dust Storm Barrage

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. Re:c-c-c-c by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a joke someone should mod him up funny.

  2. 12 monkeys by cheekyboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Everyone knows it, reducing the population by 80% is the key.
    But no one is going to say, "we must kill 4 billion people by 2020".
    Germany learned the hardway in just trying less than 0.01% of that figure.

    Dont worry , you're fellow Rothchilds and Bilderbergs and elite of the planet have a cure for the
    scurge of the human plague. The h1n1 virus to eliminate the 80%

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  3. Re:Is there anyone... by ErikZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Still waiting for evidence of global warming that exceeds the margin of error.

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    Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.