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Chris Downey

Chris Downey

Global Director of Codes & Standards (Fire) at Johnson Controls, specializing in fire protection for data centres and critical infrastructure.

Sep 26, 2026

speaker_0HOST
3:42
What do you think are some of the biggest challenges in fire protection as a general before we start nitpicking in data centers, fire protection in data centers? So if I
3:51
would split the world up, you have NFPA, which isn't just North America, so used heavily throughout the world, where the mindset is Springfield by default.
4:02
And then there's the rest of the world where...
4:04
There might not be a code requirement for Sprinkler.
4:07
So you look at what do I need? And in some areas, your water is strangled.
4:11
So you're going to say the cost of then having to get the water there, put water in tanks is a pain.
4:16
Different requirements perform differently.
speaker_0HOST
5:19
Yeah.

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