[tetha]

> Similar thing (catastrophic aircon failure due to a flood in a crap colocated DC) happened to us too before we shifted to AWS. Photos from the colo were pretty bizarre - fans balanced on random boxes, makeshift aircon ducting made of cardboard and tape, and some dude flailing an open fire door back and forth all day to get a little bit of fresh air in. Bizarre to see in 2010-ish with multi million dollar customers.

I'd have considered calling a few friends from the fire brigade or the catastrophe protection there.

It's not an emergency, yes. However, if you want a situation for your trainees to figure out how to ventilate a building with the force of a thousand gasoline driven fans without anyone complaining and no danger to any person... well be my guest because I can't hear you anymore. Those really big fans are loud AF, seriously.

And, on a more serious note, you could show those blokes how a DC works. Where power goes, what components do, how to handle uncontrolled fire in areas. Would be a major benefit to the local fire fighters.