While all good data centres have the latest in fire detection equipment, many also come equipped with an automatic fire suppression system. Fires are not only a risk to people’s safety, but if one got out-of-control in a data centre, it would cause extensive damage to expensive servers, and result in significant downtime. Traditional fire suppression sprinkler systems containing water have the potential to cause damage to delicate servers, which this is why data centres typically use a gas based fire suppression system, such as ‘FM200’.
