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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2026 14:12:05 JST AI6YR Ben

   Data Center (temporarily) taken out by extreme weather. (Arizona)

   https://xantronix.social/@xan/117097428206728261

   #climateemergency

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2026 14:11:57 JST Steve's Place

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     @ai6yr @Viss @spencer I was in there. We hosted Rate My Body among other sites. I don't recall seeing any plastic fronts on servers. It got hot, I'm sure of that, but we hosted in another data center downtown that actually used fans b/c their A/C was down on a more permanent basis (which is why we left them for 1 Wilshire, iirc). Nothing melted. Probably an urban legend.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2026 14:11:58 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @spencer 🤯

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     Viss (viss@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2026 14:11:58 JST Viss

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     @ai6yr @spencer when i was a kid, i had someone tell me this story that at 1 wilshire, one of the most famous data centers in LA, myspace was being hosted - and one day there was a power outage. the systems were on battery backup, but the cooling wasnt - so the heat in there got so high that it caused the plastic fronts of servers to get warm emough to melt and get droopy - but ive never been able to find an article about it

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2026 14:11:58 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @Viss @spencer So... I have heard that story before, along those lines. (about One Wilshire). I suspect it's true. (I recall someone I knew had equipment failure from that event)

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     Spencer (spencer@msto.cx)'s status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2026 14:12:05 JST Spencer

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     @ai6yr oh yeah took some of my services offline and my colleague who runs a wisp lost all transit out at that location, providers like hurricane electric, arelion went out too due to heat