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The Met Office supercomputer building in Exeter (Image: Willmot Dixon construction)
A fire has shut down systems Met Office’s £97m supercomputer building in Devon, leaving the national weather expert unable to give out up to date forecasts.
A fire crew from Ottery St Mary was sent to the Met Office in Fitzroy Road, Exeter at 2.30am this morning.
The IT hall in the building was smoke logged and the crew found overheating power cables in an electrical cabinet.
A spokesman for the Met Office told the Herald that while the supercomputer itself had not been affected, he confirmed that the fire was in the same building – and had shut down the update systems.
The Met Office supercomputer is one of the most powerful in the world (Image: File image)
Power was isolated, shutting down part of the Met Offices operations.
The BBC reports that forecast services have been disrupted.
The company says it is “working to fix any issues as soon as possible”.
The Met Office said nobody has been hurt but told the BBC it as a “developing situation”.
“There has been a fire related incident in one of our IOT halls overnight, which was quickly brought under control,” said the Met Office in a Tweet.
“No one was hurt and we are now recovering affected systems and bringing them back online.”
Courtesy of plymouthherald.co.uk
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