X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say

A recent, hour long Fire A data center used by Elon Mask’s X According to the official fire investigation, a power system may begin after an electrical or mechanical problem.

Wired Blage was the first report aboutWhich happened on May 22 in Hillsoboro, Oregon. Data Center Giant Digital Realty 13 Acre Site, and many people familiar with the subject have earlier told Ward that there is a server on the social platform X -run social platform X.

In the past decade, the data center fire is rare, including about two dozen well -known events covers a thousand facilities worldwide, Different ResearcherThe However generator AI technology is increasing demand – which depends on the larger cluster of advanced computers Expanded in size And Data centers need electricityThe Acute loads can ultimately give AI data centers to the excess heating or defects more risky for fire.

At the X Data Center, firefighters believed initially A lithium-ion battery May have been involved in the fire, but it did not end the event, Hillsoboro Fire & Rescue The spokesperson Pesth Pitch says.

A Snyder Electric Galaxy VX Electric Power Supply (UPS) Cabinet Less the Cabinet, according to the fire A report of the Fire Division Obtained by wired. The UPS system, which is made of the size of a vending machine and made of metallic and plastic, serves as filters and temporary batteries, provides consistent electricity for any conflict or other problems. They are common in data centers, industrial experts say.

“A UPS has a large battery pack that may be sensitive to the fire caused by electric failure or temporary high load such as electric vehicle batteries,” the electric and computer engineer of UC reverserside said, who study data centers.

According to the report, an investigator of the fire department was unable to visually unable to identify any cause of the UPS cabinet ignition, but the report said the “a complex electrical system” could not cancel the electrical or mechanical failure of “a complex electrical system”. The direction of Charing was suggested that the fire started inside the cabinet.

Digital Realty’s spokesman William Renolds said the company “could” confirm that the fire was of electrical nature and not because of the lithium-ion battery. ” His colleague Helen Blaysdale added that the company shared “relevant updates with the affected customers” and “implemented improvement to prevent repeat.” They refused to detail these statements.

X’s owner Snyder Electric and Jai did not respond to the requests for commenting.

According to the fire department, the firefighters arrived 11 minutes after the first smoke alarm. Inside the second floor of the power room, they faced ceiling smoke from the floor and submerged the burning cabinet with a fire. The report is listed as approximately $ 260,000 as a loss in data center with complete destruction of a power cabinets. Two neighbors were damaged. No injuries were reported.

Electric engineer Russell Carroll, whose California firm Amy Slutt helps the fire investigation, says that insufficient cooling and power of electricity system can cause fire. “A cabinet with weak ventilation may be the reason for over heating up with weak ventilation,” he said that the pictures of the scene “showed a perforated panel that would provide good ventilation.”