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Optus kit damaged by Melbourne storm
Optus today confirmed that some of its equipment, housed in IT company Datacom's GlobalCenter datacentre, was damaged by yesterday's storm in Melbourne.
in brief Optus today confirmed that some of its equipment, housed in IT company Datacom's GlobalCenter datacentre, was damaged by yesterday's storm in Melbourne.
The hail in Melbourne
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"[Optus] can confirm the hailstorm in Melbourne on Saturday, 6 March caused damage to a roof with subsequent water effecting one of the power sources causing a hardware failure," said Optus in an official statement sent to ZDNet.com.au.
"Service was restored after hardware fault at 2am on Sunday, 7 March."
The GlobalCenter datacentre is located on the Southbank precinct of South Melbourne, one of the areas affected by the storm.
At the time of publication, Datacom was unable to comment.