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AI Data Center Consumed 29 Million Gallons of Water

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A fire at a data center in Almere on Thursday caused damage to power supplies. The incident has disrupted services for the CBS, transport company Transdev, and Utrecht University. While no computer servers were lost in the fire, the power supply failure has rendered equipment inoperable. Utrecht University announced it is closed today due to the outage. The fire was brought under control yesterday evening. A fire at a data center in Almere led to the fire department proactively cutting power to the entire facility. It is currently unknown when all systems will be restored. As a result of the fire, Utrecht University remains closed today, and the CBS (Statistics Netherlands) is also affected. A fire occurred at a US Citizenship and Immigration Services data center, causing disruptions. Officials have not fined the builders of the 6.2 million square foot facility.

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Omroep Brabant

“Bedrijven en organisaties hebben problemen door de brand gisteren in een datacenter in Almere. Onder meer het CBS, vervoersbedrijf Transdev en de Universiteit Utrecht maken gebruik van het datacenter.”

Omroep Brabant

“Almere was gisteravond onder controle. De schade is groot.”

Shonan Beach FM

“Almere Data Center Fire Causes Major Damage”

Omroep Brabant

“Almere was gisteravond onder controle. De schade is groot. Een speciaal opsporingsbericht.”

Radio Veronica NL

“Het datacentrum in Almere. De brandweer haalde uit voorzorg de stroom van het hele pannetje af en daarom is nog niet te zeggen wanneer alle systemen zijn hersteld. Door de brand blijft de Universiteit Utrecht vandaag dicht. Het CBS heeft er ook last van.”

WBBM Newsradio 780

“a data center in their neighborhood. The US has more than three-thousand.”

Mastodon

“AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 m...”

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