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Backup outage at county data center prompts review and move plan for 9-1-1 equipment
Summary
A weekend power incident and a failed UPS left some 9‑1‑1 dispatch consoles offline; county staff described steps to decontaminate and relocate equipment and discussed potential multimillion-dollar costs to move the data center.
Cayuga County staff told legislators that a weekend power problem left backup equipment in the county office building’s basement offline, taking several 9‑1‑1 dispatch consoles out of service and prompting plans to decontaminate, test and possibly relocate critical equipment.
Tom, the county official who briefed the legislature on infrastructure projects, said there was “a failure of the UPS system” and several brownouts over the weekend that contributed to the outage. He said vendor troubleshooting is…
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