NorthC: Recovery of Dutch data center will take up to 72 hours

NorthC says recovery at its Almere data center could take up to 72 hours after a fire, as crews install emergency power and reroute more than a kilometer of cabling.

The fire forced evacuation and caused limited smoke damage, but restoring power and cooling remains the main challenge.

Several Dutch organizations, including Utrecht University, Transdev, the Chamber of Commerce, Statistics Netherlands, and Flevo Hospital, experienced service disruptions.

The incident highlights how a single data center outage can quickly affect education, transport, government, and healthcare services.