Last, hourly According to the official fire investigation in the data center used by Elon Musk, he could start after an electric or mechanical edition in the power supply system.
Wired was the first to report on Blaze, which took place on May 22 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Giant Data Digital Realty serves a 13-acar side, and many people who know this matter said the virgin that the social platform run by musk has servers there.
The fires of the data center are occasional, with about two known incidents over the last decade in thousands of facilities around the world, according to miscellaneous researchers. However, the growing demand for generative AI technology – which is based on immense clusters of advanced computers – extends the needs of the size and power of data centers. An intensive load can ultimately make AI data centers more susceptible to fires than overheating or failure.
WX Data Center Firefighters initially believed that he could be involved in the fire, but it did not happen, Hillsboro Fire & Rescue Spokesperson Piseth Pich says.
The fire lit the Schneider Electric Galaxy VX cabinet, an impermeable power supply (UPS), according to Fire brigade report obtained by wired. The UPS system, which is the size of the machine and is made of metal and plastic, acts as a filter and ephemeral battery, ensuring consistent electricity in the event of a failure or other problems. They are common in data centers, industry experts say.
“UPS has large battery packages, which, like electric batteries, can be susceptible to fires caused by electrical failure or temporary high loads,” says Shaolei Ren, electric and computer engineer at UC Riverside, who studies data centers.
The fire brigade researcher was unable to visually identify the causes of the ignition of the UPS cabinet, but he could not rule out the electrical or mechanical failure of the “complex electrical system” in accordance with the report. Charring’s direction suggested that the fire began in the cabinet.
Digital Realty spokesman, William Reynolds, said that the company could “confirm that the fire is electric and not caused by lithium-ion batteries.” His friend Helen Bleasdale adds that the company has released “appropriate updates with affected clients” and “also implemented improvements to prevent relapses.” They refused to develop these statements.
Schneider Electric and XAI, who owns X, did not respond to requests for comment.
According to firefighters, firefighters arrived 11 minutes after the first smoke alarm. In the power supply on the second floor, they encountered smoke from floor to ceiling and chose the burning cabinet with fire extinguishers. The report contains an estimated $ 260,000 loss in the data center, including complete destruction of one energy cabinet. Two neighboring have suffered damage. No injuries were reported.
Russell Carroll, an electric engineer whose California company Emi Sleuth helps to examine fires, says that inadequate cooling and monitoring of the temperature of power systems can lead to fires. “A office with poor ventilation could cause overheating batteries,” he says, noting that photos from the scene “Show a perforated panel that would ensure good ventilation.”