The National Fire Protection Assocation (NFPA) has partnered with mutual insurance provider FM Global to help data centers mitigate fire concerns, a problem that costs companies an average of $7,900 per minute when it occurs.
The results of the research, released this month by FM Global, yielded new data on how smoke flows through open-air spaces, detailing where to place smoke detectors in data centers for maximum effectiveness.
"To date, optimization of smoke detector placement in high airflow environments such as data centers has not been possible due to limited analysis on the relationship between smoke transport and smoke detector response," said the report.
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