DATA CENTERS ON FIRE
A new podcast series exploring what’s really happening behind modern data centers, from evolving technologies to the risks that come with them.
In each episode, we bring together industry experts to openly discuss the challenges shaping today’s data center landscape: increasing power demand, battery innovation, fire protection, and the complexity of modern infrastructure.
📺 Missed the first chapter? Catch up on Episodes 1, 2 & 3 — Classifying the Real Risk →
DATA CENTERS ON FIRE – Episode 4
From Prevention to Suppression (Part 1 of 2)
The Holistic Approach & The Power of Early Design
Data centers are no longer built for compliance, they are engineered for resilience. But are fire protection decisions being made early enough to make a real difference?
In this episode, hosted by Miguel Martinez (CCO, VID Firekill), we are joined by Guy Russell (Specialist Consultant for Data Centres), Batuhan Kantar (Fire Protection Consultant Europe, Hilti), and Riccardo Cerati (Global Business Development Director, VID Firekill) to explore the shift from siloed, reactive thinking to a fully integrated, holistic approach to fire protection.
From the power of BIM and digital modeling in the earliest design stages, to the very real dangers of late-stage value engineering, this conversation gets candid about what it truly takes to design fire protection that works.
Because fire protection is not just about compliance, it’s about designing resilience from the start.
This is the first of two episodes in this chapter, setting the foundation for a deeper exploration of integrated fire protection in modern data centers.
