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data centre (An organization established primarily to acquire, analyze, process, store, retrieve, and disseminate one or more types of data. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003. A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town. WK Alexander Demidov) |
