OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire 🔥

Thu Mar 11 15:44:56 UTC 2021

Thus spake Matt Harris (matt at netfire.net) on Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 05:06:46AM -0600:
> 
> There are plenty of effective options besides environmentally-destructive
> Halon, dangerous-to-equipment water sprinkler, or dangerous-to-personnel
> CO2 for fire suppression these days. Some of the most common today are foam
> systems like FM-200 or 3m's Novec.

Sadly, the foams are not without environmental impact either with
respect to PFAS.

Dale