There has been a wide-spread power outage in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that is curently affecting hundreds of customers, including our colocation facility. The facility has backup/redundant power generators, which are operational. However, that power outage caused some issues with one of the ATS'(Automatic Transfer Switch) that provide the backup power to the facility. This is a wide spread power outage problem that is not only affecting the server colocation facility that our servers reside in, but undoubtedly other businesses, sub-stations, Telecom CO's, etc in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area that is affecting access to the server facility. Currently, there are about 500 customers in the DFW area that are completely without power. (Check the Oncor website at: http://www.oncor.com/community/outages/#) This most likely was caused by the heat related rolling blackouts that area has been experiencing recently. Right now the facility maintenance, vendors, and power company area ll working on the problems taht are affecting this entire area.

Nobody can be really blamed for this...

A lot of people are currently loosing tons of money and customers.

The network should be back in the next hours.

See status here: http://www.colo4.com/

Discussion thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1072692

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Sounds like the Mayan Calendar Solar Flare predictions are coming true! 2012 is approaching!!!

*says in a herbert voice*

"OHHH NOOOOOOOO!"

People are really giving it to them on their own forums, kinda funny.

It's not their own forum actually, it's a web hosting forum one of the most popular.

And yea lol, people are making wild accusations.

It could probably have been avoided with more precautions, but still, it's not their fault.

Our new server will be hosted in Michigan, it's colder out there, such thing should not happen lol

There still was probably less than 0,05% that this thing happen... it makes 7 months we are hosted there and we never encountered any problems.

Hey sawine I know this is off topic, but how much will the new server cost per month?

thats not herbert thats the gay guy that has a moustache and wears a vest. i know this because i have all 10 seasons of family guy on dvd (lol super fail)

^ His name is Bruce lol

Lol, I was working on an ATS today.

Long story short, they aren't supposed to do that. They are supposed to last for decades, and come on in a moments notice, regardless of conditions. Somebody screwed up the install.