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data center

data center is the alternative spelling of data centre.

Meaning of data centre

Noun

data centre (plural data centres)

  1. A facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
    • In its 2013 sustainability report, Facebook stated its data centers used 986 million kilowatt-hours of electricity—around the same amount consumed by Burkina Faso in 2012.2015 December 16, Ingrid Burrington, “The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2016

Forms of data center

pluraldata centers

Questions about data center

What is data center the alternative spelling of?
Data center is the alternative spelling of data centre.

Words near data center in the dictionary

  1. data busses
  2. data cable
  3. data cables
  4. Data Carrier Equipment
  5. Data Carrier Equipments
  6. data center
  7. data centers
  8. data centre
  9. data centres
  10. Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
  11. Data Circuit-Terminating Equipments

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