Data Center Explosion Kicking into Higher Gear
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Wherever one lives, works or plays, chances are that they live near a data center. Given the amount of time that the average techie uses their desktop, laptop, flat screen, iPad, smartphone and/or smartwatch ― now with the burgeoning impact of artificial intelligence and quantum computing ― that might not be a surprise.
A look at the datacentermap.com reveals the numbers: there are already 4,259 centers operating in the U.S., with Virginia the epicenter, in an industry which employs more 500,000 people.
Then consider the enormity of these ...
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