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858TB Gone Forever: South Korea's Data Center Fire Shows the Cost of No Backups

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On September 26, technicians were relocating lithium-ion batteries in the NIRS data center. Forty minutes later, the batteries exploded, causing a blazing infernoRead Entire Article

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A devastating fire in a state data center of the government of the dkorean government may result in a permanent loss of approximately 858 terabytes of data. According to the report, external backups did not exist. (Read more)

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Digital blackout in South Korea: A fire at a government data center has reduced the country's digital infrastructure to rubble, demonstrating the dangers of relying on a single hub to store data. - on macitynet.it A fire destroys 858 terabytes of government data, bringing South Korea's digital infrastructure to a standstill.

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datacenterdynamics.com broke the news in on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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