An inflatable bed in a conference room: essential when you're trying to keep a data center up and running through disaster.[/caption] While New York City’s data centers survived Winter Storm Athena with flying colors, Friday will bring a new challenge: fuel rationing. That could mean facilities still on generator power may have some difficulty getting fuel, although the New York Mayor’s office hasn’t yet given any indication that commercial deliveries will be affected. Under the terms of the rationing, consumers must buy gas on alternate days, depending on the digits on their license plate. (New York taxis are exempt.) Even so, most New York City data centers have returned to running on utility power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Weather Channel announced that Athena dumped 4.5 inches of snow in Central Park on Wednesday. While the storm managed to plunge 300,000 homes and businesses back into darkness, local utility Con Edison reported that only 200 or so customers in Manhattan were without power. Here’s a quick rundown of the area facilities, after the nor’easter moved through:
NYC Data Centers Weather Athena Just Fine
[caption id="attachment_5792" align="aligncenter" width="600"] An inflatable bed in a conference room: essential when you're trying to keep a data center up and running through disaster.[/caption] While New York City’s data centers survived Winter Storm Athena with flying colors, Friday will bring a new challenge: fuel rationing. That could mean facilities still on generator power may have some difficulty getting fuel, although the New York Mayor’s office hasn’t yet given any indication that commercial deliveries will be affected. Under the terms of the rationing, consumers must buy gas on alternate days, depending on the digits on their license plate. (New York taxis are exempt.) Even so, most New York City data centers have returned to running on utility power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Weather Channel announced that Athena dumped 4.5 inches of snow in Central Park on Wednesday. While the storm managed to plunge 300,000 homes and businesses back into darkness, local utility Con Edison reported that only 200 or so customers in Manhattan were without power. Here’s a quick rundown of the area facilities, after the nor’easter moved through:
An inflatable bed in a conference room: essential when you're trying to keep a data center up and running through disaster.[/caption] While New York City’s data centers survived Winter Storm Athena with flying colors, Friday will bring a new challenge: fuel rationing. That could mean facilities still on generator power may have some difficulty getting fuel, although the New York Mayor’s office hasn’t yet given any indication that commercial deliveries will be affected. Under the terms of the rationing, consumers must buy gas on alternate days, depending on the digits on their license plate. (New York taxis are exempt.) Even so, most New York City data centers have returned to running on utility power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Weather Channel announced that Athena dumped 4.5 inches of snow in Central Park on Wednesday. While the storm managed to plunge 300,000 homes and businesses back into darkness, local utility Con Edison reported that only 200 or so customers in Manhattan were without power. Here’s a quick rundown of the area facilities, after the nor’easter moved through:
