Google loses data as lightning strikes

Google says data has been wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium - after the local power grid was struck by lightning four times. Some people have permanently lost access to the files on the affected disks as a result. A number of disks damaged following the lightning strikes did, however, later became accessible. Generally, data centres require more lightning protection than most other buildings.
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