Some MYTHS about Data Center

• Myth 1: Only Large Tech companies have Data Centers.
• Myth 2: Data Centers are being replaced by the Cloud.
• Myth 3: Data Centers are in remote locations.
• Myth 4: Data Centers are killing the environment.
• Myth 5: Data Centers don’t employ anybody.
• Myth 6: Data Centers are just big sheds full of servers.
• Myth 7: Data Centers are all in the Arctic (or should be).
• Myth 8: Data Centers have nothing to do with me.
• Myth 9: Data Centers all do the same thing.
• Myth 10: Data Centers are becoming obsolete thanks to the cloud.
• Myth 11: If we switched off all the Data Centers nothing much would change.
• Myth 12: Data Centers are the exclusive domain of very large companies.
• Myth 13: Data Centers are fully automatable.

From the types of companies that run data centers, to where data centers are located, to how sustainable the data center industry is and beyond, data center myths abound. The good news is that dispelling the myths is easy enough, provided you look beyond generic coverage and think about the details and nuances of modern data centers.

And now for the truth

Data centres power the modern economy and underpin every aspect of digital living; business processes, government services and social interactions. Data centres are where science fiction meets reality: they enable space travel, artificial intelligence and machine-to-machine communications. Data centres are behind YouTube, Spotify, Netflix, Facebook, Uber, eBay, Airbnb. Data Centres are where Formula 1 is won and lost! Data centres drive investment in communications infrastructure and enable smart grid. Data centres stimulate technological development and R&D and provide the processing power for bioinformatics and medical research. Data centres help us model and understand our planet and its atmosphere, from weather forecasting to long term climate change. Data centres are amazing, wonderful things.