AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is data center?
Data center (also called Datacenter): A facility that houses large numbers of servers, storage and networking equipment with reliable power, cooling and security. Cloud providers run many of them around the world to host customers' applications.
Data center: an example
When you use a cloud service in the Mumbai region, your work runs on servers inside a data center in that area.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Data compression
- Deadlock
- Decimal number system
- Device driver
- DHCP
- Digital certificate
- Directory
- DNS record
Where you learn it
Data center is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.