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Generator take anywhere from 7-15 minutes to spool up and produce power. So every (serious) datacenter has rows and rows of batteries to cover the lag time bet
by 15thandwhatever 11y ago
Generator take anywhere from 7-15 minutes to spool up and produce power.
So every (serious) datacenter has rows and rows of batteries to cover the lag time between power loss and generator start-of-service.
- wmoser 11y agoNot if you get good generators and the systems on standby. On an oil rig our engines always have their lube oil prelube running and heaters on. We can go from blackout to online in under a minute. Like most other things it's an engineering problem and how much money you're willing to spend to solve the problem.