Data Center Lightning Protection

One of the projects we focused on this summer was analysis and fortifying Data Cave’s lightning protection system.  I wanted to share a little bit about what we’ve learned.

First, some background: our building is well protected from lightning strikes by what’s known as transient voltage surge suppression (TVSS).  This is similar to the surge protection strips most of us have at home that we plug our valuable electronics into.  However, we have three fold protection within Data Cave: Read more