UII UPDATE 71 | Q3 2020
Intelligence Update

In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Data centers are built and sited to withstand all that Mother Nature can throw at them — or at least, is likely to throw at them — during their lifecycle. This has long been a given, practiced and understood by designers, planners and regulators.

But climate change is changing everything. Recent weather events have led some governmental agencies to ask how exposed data centers are from high winds and lightning.

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