Fire at French cloud services firm throws millions of websites offline

Fire at French cloud services firm throws millions of websites offline

This photo shows the Centre Pompidou in Paris. File/AFP



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A fire at a French cloud services firm has disrupted millions of websites, knocking out government agencies' portals, banks, shops, news websites and taking out a chunk of the .FR web space, according to internet monitors.



The fire, which broke out on Wednesday shortly after midnight at OVHcloud, destroyed one of four data centres in Strasbourg, in eastern France, and damaged another, the company said.



Several clients said their websites had gone offline or emails could not be accessed. There was no immediate news of any major data losses.

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The Centre Pompidou, one of France's best known art complexes, said its website was down. Cryptocurrency exchange Deribit said its blog was down but that