This is typically a FM200 system in the datacenter [1] which is a pressurized gas. There are also often water "dry-pipes" in place that can pressurize if the FM200 fails. Fire suppression codes vary by country.
There are gas based fire suppression system such as FM-200 and Novec 1230.
If you aren't using gas based fire suppression systems it is basically an amateur operation. The small data centre at my work (10-ish racks) has a FM-200 fire suppression system, it really isn't that expensive to set up.
https://lafibre.info/ovh-datacenter/ovh-et-la-protection-inc... (posted in previous threads)