NOAA/NWS data center water pipe burst
Sean Donelan
sean at donelan.com
Fri Mar 12 14:48:21 UTC 2021
At 10:30 a.m. on March 9, 2021, the National Weather Service (NWS)
Headquarters building located in Silver Spring, Maryland, known as Silver
Spring Metro Complex 2 (SSMC-2), experienced a ruptured water pipe, which
caused significant and widespread flooding on the 7th floor and below. NWS
maintains a data center on one of the affected floors. When flooding was
discovered, power to the data center was turned off to protect the
equipment and personnel who were onsite.
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