05-Jul-2010 - 4:40pm - Toronto power outage

[porcupine]

Hi Guys,

As some of you may be aware, commercial power in the downtown core failed today at roughly 4:40pm EST, and is still down at the time of this posting (5:10pm). Currently 151 Front is operating on its diesel backup generators.

Enwave district cooling has also been impacted by the power failure, and is currently operating in a limited capacity. We are still waiting for updates from Enwave, however colocation customers can expect to see temperature fluctuations within the 818 suite (and all 151 suites in general), until this has been resolved.

Updates will be posted in this thread as applicable.

Regards,

[porcupine]

Update - [as of] 5:20PM EST -

Commercial utility power is still down. Enwave cooling is operating within acceptable temperature ranges and temperatures are returning to nominal levels.

[porcupine]

Update - 6:50PM EST -

Commercial power has returned, and suite 818 has returned to utility power while the generators cool down.

[porcupine]

Update - 7:15PM EST -

Commercial power remains stable, however the building is currently experiencing elevated chilled water temperatures. Current reports indicate that there were problems with the buildings closed chilled water loop, when commercial power was restored, and the load was shifted from generators. Building personnel are actively working on this issue, and we are monitoring the situation closely.

[porcupine]

Update - 7:35PM EST -

Chilled water loop issues are being resolved, inlet water temperatures returning to normal, and thus temperatures in the 818 suite are returning to nominal levels.

[porcupine]

Update - 10:45PM EST -

Chilled water temperatures from Enwave have returned to normal/nominal levels. Temperatures across the facility have returned to their normal temperatures as of ~9:30pm EST.