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Inside the recycled data centre

Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 11 Mar 2008 17:38 GMT

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Cable protection is adapted from shipbuilding techniques, Lampertz vice director for international sales Thomas Meier explains. If water penetrates one section of cabling, other sections can be sealed. The cabling is surrounded by materials that are heat, fire and gas resistant. Additional flame-retardant material is packed inside the cabling ducts.

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