South Korea's major data center fire was said to be triggered by lithium ion battery failure. With the country being a major producer of these batteries, their economy faces even more uncertainty.
Following a major outage caused by a data center fire, South Korea cracks down on data center operations by promising more regulation of the industry in that country.
SPAC-backed Vertiv follows Salesforce and Splunk as a target of activist hedge fund Starboard Value. The fund has taken major positions in all three companies this week with an eye on pushing operational improvements at the firms.
Microsoft is leading the way in leveraging hydrogen for backup power, with Amazon, IBM, and Facebook backing hydrogen.
Schneider Electric shared key insights into data center sustainability during its Innovation Summit North America in Las Vegas this year.
Three major data center fires in as many years: This time, tragedy strikes data center operations in South Korea.