Emergency Fuel Service for Data Centers
When you’re responsible for running a data center, the valuable information that you’re storing and protecting belongs to others, like hospitals, local governments and financial institutions. Your entire business operation relies on a commercial power supply, so when it goes down due to a brownout, blackout or other unexpected outage, you’d better have enough emergency generator fuel to keep your computer servers online.
Since 2006, Specialty Fuel Services (SFS) has been providing emergency fuel service for data centers and other clients across various industries so that their business continuity plans will continue running smoothly until the commercial power supply is restored.
Data Center Downtime Costs
Based on a 2016 downtime study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, every time a data center goes offline it potentially costs them over $740,000 in lost revenue. In addition to that initial figure, when client trust becomes an issue the long-term effects could be devastating. According to an article posted at SearchDisasterRecovery.com, downtime episodes of any duration place your data center at risk because of:
- Partial or complete center shutdown, or at least below-average operational capabilities
- Unacceptable performance of data center equipment
- Activation of electrical protective relays, or even emergency backup electrical systems
- De-energizing of electrical circuits or equipment
None of these scenarios are good when numerous clients have entrusted their important information to your center. When power outages occur, having enough emergency fuel for your backup generator becomes the weakest link in your disaster plan’s supply chain.
Why Data Centers Choose SFS
Ensuring that your fuel supply chain is up to the formidable task at hand is what we’re all about at SFS. Here’s why data centers choose us as their go-to emergency fuel delivery service:
24/7 Fuel Availability
Because a commercial power disruption can unexpectedly happen anytime and anywhere, we maintain a nationwide fleet of fuel delivery trucks and equipment to keep your emergency generators up and running until the power is restored. Our emergency fuel service for data centers includes everything from on-site fuel deliveries, to portable storage tanks and fuel transfer equipment.
Strategic Fuel Reserves and Fuel Delivery
At SFS, we partner with fuel suppliers across America to ensure that your data center’s servers will stay online until the crisis is over. In addition to emergency generator fuel, we also supply emergency fuel for vehicles, equipment, and even aircraft. Whether you need gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, ethanol or AvGas and aviation fuel, we will keep your center operational for as long as it takes with our strategic fuel reserves.
Emergency Fuel Logistics Planning
Planning for a disaster is hard, and that’s why SFS makes available a team of experienced fuel delivery and storage consultants. As the data center’s manager, they will sit down and help you develop a disaster recovery plan based on your emergency fuel objectives. In addition to the fuel type and quantity that your facility might need, our experts will also discuss the fuel quality and storage requirements that are required to keep your data center running optimally.
Keeping Your Servers Operational is Our Priority
The time to find an emergency fuel service for data centers is before a commercial power supply disruption, and not after. When your customers’ valuable data is on the line, rest assured that the team at Specialty Fuel Services will keep your servers operational until the crisis is through. If we can help your data center develop an effective emergency business continuity plan, call SFS today at: 1 (866) 445-5508, or email us now at: [email protected]!