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Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud services

Sep 12, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

A data center fire incident in Singapore has caused issues to Alibaba's cloud services. The company said it occurred in Availability Zone C of its Singapore region.

"At 10:20 on September 10, 2024 Beijing time, Alibaba Cloud monitoring detected network access anomalies in availability zone C of the Singapore region, causing some cloud services to function abnormally," Alibaba Cloud said in a status update. "The issue has occurred due to a fire incident in the Singapore data center, resulting in elevated temperatures, firefighters have arrived on site to handle the situation."

It continued: "Currently, some network equipment in the data center has experienced abnormalities in high-temperature environments, affecting the network connectivity of some cloud products. If the subsequent temperature rise is not effectively controlled, the possibility of a complete network outage in Availability Zone C of Singapore will increase. If your business is deployed in Availability Zone C of Singapore, we will assist you in migrating your business as soon as possible."

There are 108 data centers in Singapore.

Singtel Kim Chuan 2 Data Center in Singapore
Posted in Nxera: Kim Chuan 2 Source: Nxera
Dodid SG1 facility
Posted in Empyrion (DoDid) Singapore |
Dramatic wide angle view of SG5, a 9 floor data center
Posted in Equinix Singapore SG5 Source: Equinix
Rendering of Defu 3
Posted in STT Singapore 3 |
Rendering of the six floor STT data center in Loyang
Posted in STT Singapore 6 Source: STT GDC
Front side
Posted in Microsoft Singapore Woodlands Source: gmaps
Outside of Microsoft Woodlands 9 story facility
Posted in Microsoft Singapore Woodlands Source: gmaps
Rendering of Facebook's datacenter in Singapore which will open in 2022
Posted in Meta Singapore Tajong Kling |
KDC SGP 3
Posted in Keppel DC Singapore 3 (T27) Source: Keppel
KDC SGP 2
Posted in Kepple DC Singapore 2 (T25) Source: Keppel
KDC SGP 1
Posted in Kepple DC Singapore 1 (S25) Source: Keppel
KDC SGP 4
Posted in Keppel DC Singapore 4 Source: Keppel
SG1
Posted in Princeton SG1 |
Telstra sold the facility in 2020 to BDx
Former Telstra SGCS2 Building
Posted in BDx Singapore SIN1 Source: Telstra
Finishing Construction in April 2020
Posted in AirTrunk Singapore SGP1 |
Rendering of SPG1
Posted in AirTrunk Singapore SGP1 Source: AirTrunk
1-Net North Data Centre
Posted in 1-Net North Data Centre |
CMI Sinapore Data Centre
Posted in China Mobile Tai Seng Source: CM
Laying cable inside
Posted in Nxera: Kim Chuan 2 |
T-Systems is a large tenant in the building
Posted in AIMS: 23 Tai Seng Drive |
FC RacksCentral
Posted in Racks Central Singapore RC1 |
Facility was announced in January 2019 and will be completed in 2020
Rendering of Digital Loyang2
Posted in Digital Realty Singapore Loyang 2 Source: DRT
Digital Loyang SIN11
Posted in Digital Realty Singapore Loyang |
Digital Realty's Singapore Data Center at 29A International Business Park
Posted in Digital Jurong: 29A International Business Park - Digital Realty Source: Street View
Exterior of Digital Jurong Facility
Posted in Digital Jurong: 29A International Business Park - Digital Realty Source: DRT
The AIMS facility is within the Telstra building at 110 Pay Lebar Road
AIMS Sinapore
Posted in AIMS Singapore |
Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
Nxera: DC West 570,000 SqFt
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Prime Valley 1,829,865 SqFt
450,000 SqFt
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CapitaLand: Telepark 430,836 SqFt
Kim Chuan Telecommunications Complex 381,645 SqFt
Digital Jurong: 29A International Business Park - Digital Realty 370,500 SqFt
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