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OK City Data Center Built To Withstand Winds Up To 310 MPH, Says Contractor
dcblogs writes "The area around and to the southwest of Oklahoma City, where more tornadoes were striking Friday night, 'has perhaps the greatest frequency of tornadoes in the U.S.,' said John Snow, a professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. About 95% of all tornadoes are below EF3 intensity, and only 0.1% achieve EF5, which is what hit Moore earlier this month. To build a data center capable of surviving an EF3, Perimeter Technology in Oklahoma City surrounded the raised floor portion of the data center with 8.5-in. reinforced concrete walls. The data center is in the middle of the building, and around it are offices protected by another 8.5-in. exterior wall. But there's another data center in Oklahoma City that may be able survive 310 MPH winds. The company, Devon Energy, isn't talking about its data center or even confirming that it has one capable of handling these winds. But a contractor has disclosed details."
It's a mix of coal lobby and a runaway trainwreck that is Green ideology. Now that most north and central European countries have basically implemented most of the things that Greens set out to originally do, they had to progress the ideology to sometimes absurd levels and branch out to other policies. This is one of the most absurd bases, where they are so stuck on "nuclear is bad" that they are willing to subsidize coal building. They have some good sides as well, as Greens are generally the "progressive thinkers" party in addition to "crazy tree huggers" one, in same sense as most right wing parties tend to be a mix of "pro business thinkers" and "religious nuts".