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What is a data center? A plain-language primer
Summary
The presenter defined a data center as a physical facility that houses servers, storage and networking equipment, and explained supporting systems such as cooling, physical security and backup power that keep services available during outages.
A data center is a facility that houses the computing, storage and networking equipment needed to process, store and transmit digital information, the presenter said.
The presenter said a data center is "simply a building full of these servers and the infrastructure that supports them." He described features common to data centers: climate control to keep equipment cool, robust physical security, redundant systems and backup power to maintain service during outages or severe weather.
Facilities range from small sites supporting a single organization to very large campuses that provide cloud and artificial intelligence services for millions of users, the presenter added. The transcript contains descriptive background rather than specific project proposals.
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