data center
Definition
A large-scale facility equipped with servers, storage systems, networking hardware, and supporting infrastructure to house, manage, process, and distribute data for organizations.
A centralized physical or virtual location where computing resources are concentrated to support cloud services, enterprise applications, and big data operations.
Examples
The data center's cooling bill was so astronomical, it felt like we were air-conditioning the entire Sahara Desert.
After the data center went down during the Super Bowl, fans rioted harder than if their team had lost in overtime.
Our shiny new data center promises infinite scalability—until you hit the coffee machine limit on the first floor.
Touring the data center, I realized servers hum like a hive of caffeinated bees plotting world domination.