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Reading Datacentre
Today, for the first time in months, "All Systems [are] Operational" in the sense that "Network Status" and "Data Center Power Status" are all permanently green, but aside from maintenance this coming weekend there will be a "Dark Building Test" (also known as "black building test") the following weekend in Reading:
As part of our datacentre partners proactive maintenance plan, there will be inspections and maintenance of both the HV and LV equipment providing power to our Reading datacentre, this will also involve a dark building test where mains power will be isolated and the building will transition onto generator backup.We do not expect any outages however this should be considered an at-risk period due to the nature of works involved.
Posted on Nov 03, 2026 - 10:21 GMT
We don't expect it'll have any real impact on the public-facing site. █
