A fire broke out at a data center in Singapore this morning after a server reportedly "exploded."

Local press including the Straits Times said one person was taken to hospital following the fire, at 750C Chai Chee Road. Emergency services were called to the scene in the early hours of Friday, March 14.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told the Times it was alerted to the blaze.

“We have dispatched our field engineers to do a thorough investigation of (the) damage and will notify you once any update is available,” the SCDF said. The fire reportedly involved a server rack and was put out with a dry powder fire extinguisher.

The sprinkler system was also activated, and one person was taken to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation. Power to the building was shut off.

An email sent out by SG.GS, the cloud data center provider partner of Singapore Internet Exchange, said an “explosion” caused the fire.

Initial checks showed that servers within the center are still in service, said the e-mail, but the company “needed some time to recover."

1-Net is also present in the building, but was reportedly not involved in the fire, according to a statement to the Times.

DCD has reached out to SG.GS, 1-Net, and the SCDF for more information.

Digital Realty suffered a fire at its SIN11 data center in Singapore in September. Alibaba was impacted.

Update: SG.GS confirmed there had been a fire in the data center, but told DCD that the fire did not originate in one of its racks or systems.

The company leases space in the data center owned by Singaporean satellite firm WebSatMedia. SG.GS said it has an office in the building, which was evacuated after the building's fire suppression system was activated.

Shawn Ang, Managing Director at SG.GS, said: “We are aware of a fire at a data center in Singapore at which SG.GS has a local presence. SG.GS is not the data center owner and we understand that the fire has been put out by the building’s fire suppression system and the local fire brigade. We are working closely with teams on the ground to re-establish network connectivity to any of our affected clients.”

According to updates from hosting firm HostSG, the fire was put out by 11am local time. The company said the facility was powered back up by 4.30pm but some servers haven't been brought online due to a lack of available cooling systems.

"The data center's air conditioning has been affected by soot, and powering up all servers simultaneously may cause further issues," HostSG said. "A cleaning crew is on-site working to repair and clean the cooling system, but this process will take some time."

The company also noted its hardware was not the source of the fire.

WebSatMedia's website is down at time of writing. DCD has reached out to the company for comment.