On: The slow rise of robots in the data center

[contingencies]

Why did they do that? Are they trying to kill sleeping sysadmins, vaguely threaten intruders, did they have a rat problem, or what? Seems ... inexplicable without the involvement of bureaucrats.

[kjs3 → contingencies]

See: Halon fire extinguisher

[trhway → contingencies]

it was a fire scare. AC failure (some control mistake) -> rise of temp -> some hardware started to smoke.

[contingencies → trhway]

Aha. I wonder what that costs each time it triggers.

[SilverRed → contingencies]

Presumably less than the value of the building and server racks.