Fire At The Planet Affects 9,000 Servers

A fire at Texas data center, The Planet, has affected 9,000 servers, meaning thousands of web pages around the globe have gone down

They call the data center in Texas The Planet, a place full of servers. But a large fire has taken 9,000 of the servers at The Planet offline, bringing down thousands of web pages around the world.

An electrical short reportedly caused the blaze that destroyed three walls around the data center’s electrical equipment room.
In a blog post, The Planet team wrote:

"We have just been allowed into the building to physically inspect the damage. Early indications are that the short was in a high-volume wire conduit. We were not allowed to activate our back-up generator plan based on instructions from the fire department."

The company is working to get the servers back online as soon as possible, and will recompense customers as per the service agreements.