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South African data center providers seem to have nailed reliable generator power - "...their systems are designed to operate continuously and effectively, regar
by joeraut 6y ago
South African data center providers seem to have nailed reliable generator power - "...their systems are designed to operate continuously and effectively, regardless of whether they receive power from the national grid." [0] I don't want to imagine the cost.
On another note, load shedding (i.e. scheduled blackouts) have been implemented pretty uniformly fortunately, with areas following different published schedules - there's even an app for that! [1]
[0] https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cloud-hosting/336800-how-south-african-data-centres-have-prepared-for-load-shedding.html https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cloud-hosting/336800-how-sout...
[1] https://sepush.co.za/ https://sepush.co.za/