Security News > 2021 > March > OVH data center fire likely caused by faulty UPS power supply
Today, OVH founder and chairman Octave Klaba has provided a plausible explanation for the fire that had burned down OVH data centers in Strasbourg, France.
OVH customers were being advised at the time to enact their disaster recovery plans after the fire had rendered multiple data centers unserviceable, impacting websites around the world.
UPS power backup likely behind the fire, says founder.
In a video released today, OVH founder and chairman Octave Klaba started off with an apology and provided an update on the data center disaster investigation.
While the company may not yet have complete answers as to what exactly caused the fire bringing down its data centers, the founder touched upon an Uninterruptible Power Supply unit that had been serviced that morning.
The founder explained that SBG2, the data center where the fire had started, was an older generation center built in 2011 and that the company is working towards replacing older infrastructure with newer technology.