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  "id": "2023-08-22-university-of-utah-u-of-u-alert-downtown-data-center-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-utah-u-of-u-alert-downtown-data-center-outage-2023-08-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Utah",
    "shortName": "U of U",
    "state": "UT",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "U of U Alert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-08-22",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "U of U ALERT: Downtown Data Center outage",
    "headlinePublic": "U of U ALERT: Downtown Data Center outage",
    "summary": "On 2023-08-22, [U of U Public Safety posted: U of U ALERT: Downtown Data Center outage](https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/general-safety-information/u-of-u-alert-downtown-data-center-outage/).",
    "outcome": "See notice.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
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    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2023-08-22",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "[Note: this message was sent via SMS/text message only]\n\nU of U ALERT: Downtown Data Center humidity levels caused widespread IT outages (CIS, email, Teams, etc). Service restoration underway. No ETR. uofu.status.io",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/general-safety-information/u-of-u-alert-downtown-data-center-outage/",
      "sourceDescription": "U of U Alert — U of U ALERT: Downtown Data Center outage",
      "annotations": [
        "Full body from publicsafety.utah.edu."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Utah campus alert / safety notice.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official U of U alert body recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "U of U ALERT: Downtown Data Center outage",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/general-safety-information/u-of-u-alert-downtown-data-center-outage/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "university-of-utah",
    "u-of-u-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-27",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-27",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}