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How Japan's Data Centers Survived the Earthquake

Posted by Soulskill on from the godzillaproofing-comes-in-handy dept.

jfruhlinger writes "A lot of Japan's infrastructure was knocked offline by this year's massive earthquake and tsunami, but its data centers by and large stayed running. How'd they pull it off? Good architecture and good planning, for the most part. But the data centers still face challenges in post-quake Japan, not least a new law mandating reductions in power use."

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  1. Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    What about including a data center in future reactor projects? -- cynicism, for the obtuse