This should not come as a surprise. It's not uncommon for Texas DCs to do this in the Summer to reduce load on the grid during very hot days. They are often notified a few days in advance and compensated for it beyond fuel cost and equipment wear & tear. With all the hubbub lately, they knew this was coming.
It serves 2 purposes: A, a data center can basically be paid to run on generators, and B, they can control when and how gracefully they transfer load (can give generators the opportunity to warm up, a luxury they seldom have) because they may end up losing utility at some point regardless. - Matt On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:31 AM Keith Stokes <[email protected]> wrote: > Equinix DA-2 reported loads transferred 3-4 a.m. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* NANOG <[email protected]> on behalf of > Robert DeVita <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2021 4:51 PM > *To:* Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]>; [email protected] list < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Infomart Dallas is on generator > > Hopefully the other 400mw in Dallas follow their lead. > > Robert DeVita > Founder & CEO > Mejeticks > c. 469-441-8864 > e. [email protected] > ------------------------------ > *From:* NANOG <[email protected]> on behalf > of Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2021 4:10:32 PM > *To:* [email protected] list <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Infomart Dallas is on generator > > I have now heard from two reliable sources that Infomart Dallas is > presently on generator, and is likely to remain so until the cold > weather/electrical supply emergency in Texas has abated. No network impact > seen yet. > > > -- Matt Erculiani ERCUL-ARIN
