Data centre incidents recorded in Canada, with what happened, the contributing factors and the lessons, each with its sources.
4 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
Newest incident first. Each entry is free to read, with what happened and its sources; the record behind it adds the cause where it is established, the part that failed, the downtime and the loss.
On 3 October 2017, at about 6:45 p.m., a fire alarm test at a data centre used only for Correctional Service Canada systems went wrong and power to the facility was cut for three hours. The cut was caused by human error by a third party. Shared Services...
On 9 June 2014 an osprey building a nest on an NB Power transmission line shorted the line, and the Marysville Data Centre in Fredericton lost utility power. The automatic transfer switch, which should have connected the site to its diesel generator, did not...
A transformer exploded at Shaw Communications' downtown headquarters, Shaw Court, in Calgary, Alberta, on the afternoon of Wednesday 11 July 2012. The explosion caused a fire. The building's sprinkler system activated, and the water damaged the backup systems...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source. One entry's record is £2.99 on its page.
On the evening of 3 November 2010, a fire near an iWeb data centre in Montreal disrupted the utility power supply. The facility automatically switched to backup generators. Two of the three generators transferred normally. The third generator started, but the...
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