Utrecht University claims damages from KPN after datacenter fire

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The University of Utrecht filed an open damage claim against KPN after a datacenter fire disrupted its IT systems for more than a week. The university says it wants to recover losses from KPN because KPN manages the service under a contract that uses NorthC's Almere datacenter. The article also notes that the university is reviewing its disaster-response approach and may adjust its failover and backup arrangements. The incident highlights the cost and operational risk of manual switchover versus a fully automated disaster recovery setup.

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