Which Data Center Power Outages Are Preventable?

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Michael Bord

Compared to a decade ago, downtime cause by data center power outages are 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?