Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
May 27, 2025

SCS Gates Machine Room Power Outage

Unplanned power outage began on 5/27/2025 at 2:15 PM.

This event is: Resolved

SCS Gates Machine Room Power Outage

DATE: Tuesday, May 27, 2025

START TIME: Reported at 2:15 PM

END TIME: TBD - Restoration in Progress

SERVICES AFFECTED: Machines hosted from the Gates Machine Room (MR-G)

DETAILS:

On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the SCS Data Center in Gates experienced a UPS failure causing a loss of power to the room. The SCS Computing Facilities team switched the UPS into bypass mode and is restoring access to impacted systems as quickly as possible.

We are currently running in degraded mode without battery protection in the Gates Machine Room, and the battery backup is expected to be fully operational within 3-4 hours.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding this service interruption.