> UPS fires are the primary cause of datacenter fires
Do you have a source for this claim? I can find no documented evidence of it being true.
The Uptime Institute found[0] data center fires of any cause to be exceedingly rare. Data Center Incident Reporting network reached similar findings[1].
The only example I could find of anyone claiming data center fires have a principal cause is this article[2], and while I'm not saying it's wrong, I've never heard of these folks before and have no idea how credible they are:
"Electrical failures are the most common cause of data center fires. These failures can stem from overloaded circuits, malfunctioning equipment, or defective wiring, each capable of generating sufficient heat to ignite a fire when in proximity to combustible materials."
(Note: they break out battery fires separately, so they are not supporting your claim that batteries are the most common cause of data center fires.)
But, in any case, with details about data center fires being so rare, either because they are rare or because people don't want to talk about it, stating a primary cause accurately seems to me to be very difficult.
Lastly, since you've run multiple data centers, surely you understand the scale of the battery strings involved. Total energy storage is way higher, ampacity is higher, and to the extent lead acid batteries are involved, much, much, more hydrogen off gassing is possible. I just don't see how you can extrapolate that down to fire risk for a 12V, 12AH battery found in a typical home UPS.
Do you have a source for this claim? I can find no documented evidence of it being true.
The Uptime Institute found[0] data center fires of any cause to be exceedingly rare. Data Center Incident Reporting network reached similar findings[1].
The only example I could find of anyone claiming data center fires have a principal cause is this article[2], and while I'm not saying it's wrong, I've never heard of these folks before and have no idea how credible they are:
"Electrical failures are the most common cause of data center fires. These failures can stem from overloaded circuits, malfunctioning equipment, or defective wiring, each capable of generating sufficient heat to ignite a fire when in proximity to combustible materials."
(Note: they break out battery fires separately, so they are not supporting your claim that batteries are the most common cause of data center fires.)
But, in any case, with details about data center fires being so rare, either because they are rare or because people don't want to talk about it, stating a primary cause accurately seems to me to be very difficult.
Lastly, since you've run multiple data centers, surely you understand the scale of the battery strings involved. Total energy storage is way higher, ampacity is higher, and to the extent lead acid batteries are involved, much, much, more hydrogen off gassing is possible. I just don't see how you can extrapolate that down to fire risk for a 12V, 12AH battery found in a typical home UPS.
0 - https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/datacenter-fire-frequenc...
1 - https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/how-frequent-...
2 - https://dgtlinfra.com/data-center-fires/#:~:text=Electrical%....