What is a data center?

A data center is a physical location - usually a building - that houses IT and computing services and infrastructure. To put it more simply: a data center is a physical place for storing and computing data.

Why data centers are important?

Most businesses need to store data - be it for their emails, websites, online transactions, etc. - and it can be stored on a server.

Microsoft's underwater data center proves successful

More and more data has to be processed and stored worldwide. Accordingly, more and more data centers are required. From an environmental and climate perspective, this is not necessarily a good development. Because the data centers consume a lot of energy and have to be cooled around the clock. At Microsoft, which requires a lot of computing power for its in-house Azure cloud, a somewhat unusual idea came up as part of the so-called ThinkWeek: Why not just sink the data center into the sea