US deal takes data centre protection to new levels

摘要

A US insurance group has commissioned what is thought to be the first private sector certified enterprise data centre purpose-built to withstand EMP (electromagnetic pulse), HEMP (high-altitude electromagnetic pulse), and IEMI (intentional electromagnetic interference). EMP Grid Services, a consortum of specialist groups which supplies EMP and solar flare protected data centres, handled the construction and commissioning of the 2,000 sq ft, 200 kW facility in northwest Pennsylvania. The job included all shielding, housing, filtering and hardening of all electrical, mechanical and power infrastructure and subsystems, and adhered to MILSTD-188-125-1/2 standards.