At approx 8:25pm on 30th May 2024 we identified some network disruption to our core network. After investigation, we discovered that we had lost power to a rack in Manchester that houses some connectivity and also one of our core routers. Generally this would cause a couple of minutes of… Continue reading
At 14:27 (UK local time) today, we saw our peering sessions via LINX Manchester flap (restored at 14:31). Further reports came in of a loss of power feeds (both A and B feeds) for some customers of Equinix MA1, however this has not affected our power feeds for equipment in… Continue reading
At 11:52am today, we noticed one of our dual power feeds in one of our racks in LDeX2 Manchester went offline for approx. 4 minutes. We have contacted the datacentre to investigate the cause of this loss of power. The majority of our equipment in this rack has dual power… Continue reading
At 11:15am, Bolton suffered a large power cut which caused a momentary loss of grid power to our DC. This was handled by our UPS systems as expected and was brief enough to not require backup generation. Electricity northwest (ENWL) are en-route to the area to investigate so a further… Continue reading
The online UPS’s used in our BOL1 datacentre will be taken out of circuit tomorrow for a short maintenance period. The associated Lead Acid batteries are being replaced to ensure extended contingency cover can be provided during any switchover phases between Utility Mains and Local Generation, eg: in the event… Continue reading
This morning at approx. 8:55am, our BOL23 site saw a momentary loss of mains power from the electricity grid. As a result, our standby generators started up in preparation to take the power load from the UPS supplies. The grid power came back online after a few seconds so no… Continue reading
We experienced another power outage of phase L3 in our BOL2 datacentre this morning at 3:09am. Electricity Northwest are currently on-site tracing an underground cable fault. It is hoped it will be within a section that can be isolated to restore power to the building. The datacentre is currently running… Continue reading
Further to yesterday’s outage, we were alerted to another identical outage this evening at 11:26pm. Once again, our automated failover systems migrated the site to locally generated power. We are awaiting an update from ENWL, our regional energy supplier, with regards to a time to repair.
We experienced a power outage of phase L3 on the commercial mains input at our BOL2 site at approx. 5:45pm this afternoon. The automated failover procedure occurred as expected and the site transferred over to locally generated power. The entire site became powered by generator for the duration of the… Continue reading
At 11:59 the commercial power was restored to all 3 phases. This was detected by our switchgear, and after an observed period of stability, the generator was put on standby and normal service was reinstated. We do not expect any further interruption, but will continue to monitor the service. Netnorth… Continue reading