Many facilities can face catastrophic consequences when disasters hit, but data centers are especially vulnerable. Whether enterprise, colocation, or edge data centers, no other facility is host to the sheer amount of business-critical information that data centers hold, and, therefore, no other facility faces as significant a business consequence in the event of a power outage.
Data centers are also unique in the enormous amount of electrical equipment needed to power them. Because of this, while the consequences of data center downtime stemming from disasters are highly specific, so too are the potential risks that stem from electrical safety issues.