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Pictures from the fire: https://www.dna.fr/amp/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbourg-important-incendie-dans-une-entreprise-situee-sur-un-site-seveso-au-p

Pictures from the fire: https://www.dna.fr/amp/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbourg-important-incendie-dans-une-entreprise-situee-sur-un-site-seveso-au-port-du-rhin https://www.dna.fr/amp/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/stras...

pulse7 6y ago
Uff... it looks like half of the containers on this picture were on fire...
- deleted 6y ago
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- jannes 6y ago
  Are you making a joke about docker containers or am I missing something?
  - dgellow 6y ago
    Part of OVH datacenters are literal, physical containers with racks, power supply, vents, etc. You can see more details here: https://baxtel.com/data-center/ovh-strasbourg-campus https://baxtel.com/data-center/ovh-strasbourg-campus
    - Mauricebranagh 6y ago
      Do the containers have fire suppressant systems installed?
simonke 6y ago
Without AMP: https://www.dna.fr/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbourg-important-incendie-dans-une-entreprise-situee-sur-un-site-seveso-au-port-du-rhin https://www.dna.fr/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbour...
jacquesm 6y ago
Nobody hurt. That's a bit of good news.
rkachowski 6y ago
is that entirely cargo containers? is that common for a data center?
- Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
  No, SBG2 was a building in the "tower design", as is SBG3 behind it. The container in the foreground are SBG1 from the time when OVH didn't know if Straßburg is going to be a permanent thing.
- jfrunyon 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_data_center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_data_center Container DCs were a big thing for a while. Even Google did a whole PR thing about how they used them.
  - donalhunt 6y ago
    Funnily enough, I think it was the fire risk that caused them to ditch the idea and move to their current design. Though I know modular design is highly likely to be used by all players as edge nodes spring up worldwide.
    - jeffbee 6y ago
      It was also that the container had literally no advantages. It was just a meme that did not survive rational analysis. The building in which the datacenter is located is the simplest, cheapest part of the design. Dividing it up into a bunch of inconveniently-sized rectangles solves nothing.
burmanm 6y ago
And here's some more from firefighters, while it was burning: https://twitter.com/xgarreau/status/1369559995491172354 https://twitter.com/xgarreau/status/1369559995491172354 Looks glowing red to me.
siod 6y ago
This looks like yet another aluminium composite panel fire...

pulse7 6y ago

Uff... it looks like half of the containers on this picture were on fire...

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jannes 6y ago
Are you making a joke about docker containers or am I missing something?
- dgellow 6y ago
  Part of OVH datacenters are literal, physical containers with racks, power supply, vents, etc. You can see more details here: https://baxtel.com/data-center/ovh-strasbourg-campus https://baxtel.com/data-center/ovh-strasbourg-campus
  - Mauricebranagh 6y ago
    Do the containers have fire suppressant systems installed?

simonke 6y ago

Without AMP: https://www.dna.fr/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbourg-important-incendie-dans-une-entreprise-situee-sur-un-site-seveso-au-port-du-rhin https://www.dna.fr/faits-divers-justice/2021/03/10/strasbour...

jacquesm 6y ago

Nobody hurt. That's a bit of good news.

rkachowski 6y ago

is that entirely cargo containers? is that common for a data center?

Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
No, SBG2 was a building in the "tower design", as is SBG3 behind it. The container in the foreground are SBG1 from the time when OVH didn't know if Straßburg is going to be a permanent thing.
jfrunyon 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_data_center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_data_center Container DCs were a big thing for a while. Even Google did a whole PR thing about how they used them.
- donalhunt 6y ago
  Funnily enough, I think it was the fire risk that caused them to ditch the idea and move to their current design. Though I know modular design is highly likely to be used by all players as edge nodes spring up worldwide.
  - jeffbee 6y ago
    It was also that the container had literally no advantages. It was just a meme that did not survive rational analysis. The building in which the datacenter is located is the simplest, cheapest part of the design. Dividing it up into a bunch of inconveniently-sized rectangles solves nothing.

burmanm 6y ago

And here's some more from firefighters, while it was burning: https://twitter.com/xgarreau/status/1369559995491172354 https://twitter.com/xgarreau/status/1369559995491172354 Looks glowing red to me.

siod 6y ago

This looks like yet another aluminium composite panel fire...