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Data center

A data center is a physical room, building, or facility for the purpose of the storage, management, and dissemination of data and information, including computer systems, and associated components, housing IT infrastructure, and training artificial intelligence. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 defines a data center as "any facility that…

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Data center

Nodes266
Edges265
Triples372
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007519
Components1

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Data center

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has impact · 45
Data center → According, AI, Amazon, America Institute, American, As, Bank, California, CIT, Colossus, Data, Data Center Coalition, Electric, Energy, For, Fossil, Georgia, Google, Growth, Harvard Law School
related to Greenhouse gas emissions · 17
Data center → AI, As, Companies, Due, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Global, Google, However, IEA's, In, Microsoft, Microsoft's, Tencent, This, Three Mile Island, TWh
related to Tax incentives · 16
Data center → By, December, Economic Perspectives, Economists, Further, JEP, JLARC, Joint Legislative Audit, Journal, Review Commission, The, Thus, Timothy Bartik, Upjohn Institute, Virginia, Virginia's
related to Water footprint · 15
Data center → According, AI, Berkeley Lab, December, Environmental Research Letters, IEA, In Virginia, JLARC, Most, MWh, On-site, The, United States, US, Water
related to External links · 14
Data center → Data, Data CentersThe European Commission, FAQ, H2020 EURECA Data Centre, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Of The Future, Power For Data Centers, Project Archived August, Property Taxes, Research, Sun, The New Challenge, Wayback Machine, White Paper
related to Further reading · 14
Data center → Barroso, Computer, Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines, Hölzle, ISBN, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Luiz André, Parthasarathy, Ranganathan, Springer Cham, Urs, Wikisource-logo
related to In political ecology · 14
Data center → AI, Critics, Data, For, Google, In, Luleå, Microsoft, Oregon, Prineville, Scholars, STS, Sweden, This
related to Industry standards · 14
Data center → Data Centers, Internet, IT, NEBS Requirements, Spaces, Telcordia, Telcordia GR-3160, Telecommunications Data Center Equipment, Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard, The, The Telecommunications Industry Association, These, They, TIA
related to Climate policy alignment · 13
Data center → Hourly, In, It, Joule, Many, Nature Climate Change, REC-based, RECs, Science Based Targets, Scope, The, This, Under
related to Obsolescence and modernization · 13
Data center → As, August, December, Gartner, IDC, Industry, International Data Corporation, IT, Jacqueline Davis, May, That, The, Uptime Institute

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Data centeris aphysical room0.90text
Amazon Web Servicesinstance ofused by cloud service providers0.80text
Google Cloud Platforminstance ofused by cloud service providers0.80text
IBM Cloudinstance ofused by cloud service providers0.80text
and Microsoft Azureinstance ofused by cloud service providers0.80text
standard racks to mount equipmentinstance ofand methods to accommodate and organize these were devised0.80text
raised floorsinstance ofand methods to accommodate and organize these were devised0.80text
and cable traysinstance ofand methods to accommodate and organize these were devised0.80text
provisioninginstance ofAutomating tasks0.80text
configurationinstance ofAutomating tasks0.80text
patchinginstance ofAutomating tasks0.80text
release managementinstance ofAutomating tasks0.80text

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