Best Reason to get Lightning Protection for your Data Center

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There is an infinite amount of information housed, shared and stored throughout facilities globally. It’s transferred through and to data centers around the planet. Industries rely on this data to operate and provide an environment where the data can be handled securely and reliably.


Outages caused by lightning or surge in a data center can create havoc. Aside from the obvious risk of fire or injuries, it can wreck your equipment and lead to the destruction of the infrastructure, directly impacting your company’s resources, profitability and assets.


The good news is that these consequences can be mitigated with suitable lightning protection. And to install a suitable lightning protection you need to know the following:


Is lightning protection necessary to protect the infrastructure of your data center?


Risks:

-  Data center is a sensitive site. There are several high points on a data center facility such as antennas, chimneys, etc. these are preferential points for a lightning strike.

-  Also data centers generally have several power cables connected to various power stations, thus reducing the risk of primary power failure. Lightning effects are generally observed through the flow of a partial direct lightning current in these lines and through induced voltage.

-  Data communications with outside facilities and customers are particularly sensitive to the indirect effects of lightning and surge.


Concerns:

The immediate concerns regarding a lightning strike are obvious – fires, injuries, downtime, damage to equipment and facility, etc. While some not so immediate concerns is the surge of electricity that comes with a lightning strike that can wreak havoc to sensitive equipment over time. 


Solution:

The most proactive and comprehensive solution to lightning protection is to not get struck at all, and in the event your data center suffers a strike, to make sure that the necessary precautions are taken – such as installing our patented Dissipation Array System. This LPS help prevent direct lightning strike by reducing the electrical field to below lightning collection levels within the protected area.


Conclusion:

A tremendous amount of damage can be done if you don’t consider all the areas that need lightning protection; lighting strike protection, proper grounding with appropriate surge protection.


Consider lightning protection as an important step to protect your organization and its assets and contact our lightning eliminator expert to know more. 

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