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On April 12, 2013 from 6:00 AM CDT until 7:56AM CDT, portions of downtown Minneapolis lost power due to an electrical fire in an electrical vault in the CenturyLink building. This affected several nearby blocks, including the TriTech building that ipHouse is in. Our service was not interrupted in any fashion, as we run our datacenter off of several UPS systems with battery backup and with a diesel generator to provide extended power beyond that. The generator kicked in and power transfer took over when the grid went down, just as it is designed and tested to do. If the outage was extended, we have contracts for diesel fuel replenishment, and we would call in for additional fuel as required when the onsite tanks get low. Power was restored by Excel at 7:56AM CDT to downtown, and everything transfered back cleanly and without issue. If you have any problems or questions please let us know at [log in to unmask], or call us up at 612-337-6340. -- Andrew Will-Holmberg Director of Operations