Macquarie problem cause determined

Following on from the previous DRP story, Sydney Water has admitted its maintenance crew shut off water supplies to Macquarie Telecom's data centre on Friday night by mistake, leading to an outage at the facility.

The utility said a crew fixed a leaking pipe connecting a shop to the mains in Pitt Street at the south end of the CBD. "The crew shut off the water to the business at 9pm Friday but inadvertently shut off water supplying Macquarie Telecom's data centre," the utility's spokeswoman said.

She confirmed Macquarie's account that it notified the utility of the problem on Saturday morning.