Data Centers

Infographic: The outrageous costs of data center downtime

Did you know that squirrels account for 17% of all Level 3 Communications cable damage? Get more fun facts about data center downtime with this infographic.

This infographic, courtesy of VirtualHosting.com, illustrates all the freakish and mundane things that cause data centers to go dark -- and how much it costs. It's not just natural disasters and terrorists; squirrels, hunters, and dumb human tricks all play a role.

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1 comments
mario.pineda@landisgyr
mario.pineda@landisgyr

Nice chart. I want to point out that the first statements are incorrect.  The estimates of 500,000 data centers, and an average loss of $138,000 per hour of downtime, amounts to $69 billion, not trillion.  Kenya's GDP is over $41 billion (the infographic says $37 trillion), while Latvia's is $37 billion (the Infographic says $28 trillion).  Not even the USA has such a large GDP (US stands at $16 trillion).  Other than those numerical errors, the infographic has informative value. Thanks for putting it together.

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