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Which Data Center Power Outages Are Preventable?

Michael Bord
March 16, 2016

Compared to a decade ago, downtime caused by data center power outages is exceedingly rare.  However, they can cost companies tens of thousands of dollars or more when they do occur.  Should all power outages be accepted as an unavoidable part of data center reality? Or, are there some data center power outages that are actually preventable?