Roubaix, France | 19 March 2021 - 22:55 (CET)
This evening at 6:50 pm, our teams on site identified smoke in an unconnected battery room at SBG1.
The fire department was immediately contacted. In regards to the situation, OVHcloud's management decided to apply the precautionary principle: the power supply of SBG1 and SBG4 was immediately cut off. Operations on site were temporarily interrupted, all OVHcloud personnel and all partner teams were asked to return home, only the security, fire safety and maintenance personnel remained on site.
Once on site, firefighters identified the source in the battery room, and the incident was contained within minutes. No injuries were reported among the OVHcloud teams or its partners. As a precautionary measure, two security personnel who were affected by the smoke were examined by medical professionals.
The situation is under control and we are adapting the operations schedule for the coming day.