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Software & appshigh impactTransmission line fault knocks 3GW off grid in Ashburn, Virginia data center cluster
· Ashburn, Virginia, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window
A transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia knocked more than 3 gigawatts of load off the grid in seconds, impacting the world's largest data center cluster.
- Topic
- Software & apps
- Location
- Ashburn, Virginia, United States (39.044°, -77.487°)
- Region
- Americas
- Impact
- high
- Reported by
- MIT Technology Review
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