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Google, Oracle cloud servers wilt in UK heatwave, take down websites

Discussion in 'hardware' started by ronjor, Jul 19, 2022.

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Katyanna Quach Tue 19 Jul 2022

When the mercury hit 40.3C (104.5F) in eastern England, the highest ever registered by a country not used to these conditions, datacenters couldn't take the heat. Selected machines were powered off to avoid long-term damage, causing some resources, services, and virtual machines to became unavailable, taking down unlucky websites and the like.
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ronjor, Jul 19, 2022

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