A severe storm earlier this week led to a power outage at a data center in Groton, Connecticut.

The area experienced high winds on Monday (February 17), which followed a winter storm over the weekend that led to several inches of snow.

The adverse weather led to more than 150,000 Connecticut residents losing power, as reported by NH Register.

The outage at the data center, reportedly on the Pfizer campus in Groton, has since been resolved.

However, when power was restored at the data center, Leigh Appleby, a spokesperson for the state Department of Administrative Services, noted that they "discovered several hardware failures that the technical team worked to remediate."

NH Register notes that the data center on the Pfizer campus "separates" itself from the local utility during storms, instead running on a "local co-generation plan" in case commercial power is lost.

State police said that the outage affected both the Computer Automated Dispatch and Law Enforcement Administrative System, but did not prevent troopers from responding to calls or the 911 system.

The Pfizer campus is one of the larger data centers in Groton, Connecticut, and is thought to be about 12,000 sq ft. It's located at the pharmaceutical company's 160-acre campus in the town.

Two years ago the town of Groton voted to ban data centers larger than 12,500 sq ft (1,200 sqm) after a year-long moratorium.