San Diego’s AIS Rides Out Power Outage

Data Center Knowledge (Sep 9 2011) Data Center Outages

1. San Diego’s leading data center service provider said its facilities remained online during a massive power outage Thursday that affected much of Southern California. The massive outage has been largely resolved as of Friday morning, local officials said. “All of our data centers are up, and on generator power,” said Tim Caulfield, CEO of American Internet Services (AIS), which operates three data centers in San Diego. “There have been no issues, and no impact on customer services.” Reached Thursday night, Caulfield said the company was preparing for an outage lasting 24 to 48 hours. “Our biggest concern now is a multi-day event where we would need to refuel,” said Caulfield. “Obviously, (fuel deliveries) are being diverted to critical infrastructure like hospitals. We’re confident in our fuel deliveries, but you’re never totally comfortable until the truck is outside the building. We’re preparing for a long event.” (Read Full Article)

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