Leak Detection In Data Centres: Why They Are Indispensable
In an environment as highly controlled as data centres, water leaks can result in severe damage and long-term problems for an organisation. If water leaks into critical equipment and systems, it could lead to costly downtimes and high repair costs. Besides equipment damage, water leaks also pose another threat in the form of electrical fires, which puts staff and property at risk as well as potentially damaging even more hardware. Another general concern about hardware being compromised is information privacy and data loss. Research on the latter states that 43 per cent of companies that suffer from total data loss never open again, while 29 per cent that do recover tend to shut down two years later. Due to these ever-present risks, all data centres must be protected with a leak detection system that can automatically notify staff of the slightest leakage before the situation escalates. This early alarm system helps eliminate the odds of water leaks affecting day-to-day operat...