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The OVHcloud data centre fire wasn't bad luck — the free-cooling design that made SBG2 cheap also removed the room the gas system needed to work.
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Physics, semiconductors, and the engineering behind the AI build-out. Written by someone who worked at CERN and in the data centre industry.