The challenges of website hosting in global warming: The severe heat wave hitting England caused Google and Oracle's data centers to crash. The crash caused certain websites to go offline.
Both companies stated that the problem was with the servers' cooling systems. Oracle was the first to report a malfunction at its server farms in south London, and a few hours later, Google also reported problems at its server farms in the city. Google said it was shutting down a small portion of its cloud services to prevent damage to its servers and a larger shutdown due to the intense heat.
The malfunction affected several storage services and, of course, the websites stored on those servers. Temperatures in England have reached around 40 degrees Celsius in recent days—an all-time high.
Website owners have no significant way to predict or fix such a malfunction of server crashes due to heat. The only option is to choose hosting services that can cope with high temperatures. In principle, server farms should be constantly cooled, but in this case, as in other places, the building itself may not be suitable or equipped to cope with extreme temperatures, which is why the systems crashed. There may also have been power problems across London, as the infrastructure in the English capital is not adapted and capable of coping with temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius.
It seems that in the coming years we will continue to experience heat waves around the world—including in Europe and the US—and these heat waves may continue to affect our technology and websites.
Paradoxically, it can be assumed that server farms in Israel are better equipped to cope with heat waves, as we are accustomed to temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius in the spring and summer. If your website targets an Israeli audience, you should consider hosting your website in Israel, which is suitable for all seasons and does not only operate in winter...