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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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This sensitive smoke detector contains a laser that can detect smoke particles passing through the beam. The mechanism sucks in air to test its quality. If any smoke is detected, the main alarm is sounded and fire-retardant gas is released through a nozzle fixed to the wall of the data centre.

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