[ogaj]

Wow. Weren't they just angling for an IPO? I wonder how much of this was insured and what the impact is to their overall operations.

[moooo99]

I think they announced their IP plans yesterday [1], which is probably the worst timing one can have (if there even is a good timing for a datacenter burning down, probably there isn't).

If they have a good insurance I'm confident this will have little impact on their operations, I really hope they do. I host a few components on OVH/SoYouStart dedicated servers, luckily not mission critical, but still had rather good experience with them, especially in terms of price to performance.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2B01FM

[toyg]

The publicity damage alone will be on par with (if not bigger) their replacement costs. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had to rebrand.

The timing is so bad that it becomes almost suspicious. When is the best time to sabotage your competitor? When they are the most visible.