Data Center

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Definition

A building full of servers and networking equipment. Think of it as a giant computer warehouse.

Real-World Example

Google has data centers around the world to make search results load faster for everyone.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

“Data center” is a general facility concept, not a single cloud service. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI each operate global data centers (regions and availability zones) that host their services, but they do not sell a product literally named “Data Center.”

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