Why we built SKYGUARD Protection

The $100 Million Lightning Strike

Dublin, Ireland. June 2011.

One lightning bolt hits a transformer outside Amazon’s data center.

Netflix goes dark.
Instagram disappears.
Heroku crashes.
15+ hours of downtime.

One bolt. Millions affected.

Here’s the crazy part: Microsoft’s data center got hit in the same storm.
Same neighborhood. Same chaos.

Microsoft was back up in hours. Amazon’s customers? Still down 15 hours later.

It wasn’t about money. It was about having the right protection when it mattered.

Look, 40 million lightning strikes hit the US every year. Your data center is either protected, or it’s not.

That’s why we built SKYGUARD Protection. Patented tech designed for when everything goes wrong.

Because 15 hours of downtime isn’t just an inconvenience. For some companies, it’s game over.

Let’s make sure that’s not you.