data center

American

[day-tuh sen-ter] / ˈdeɪ tə ˌsɛn tər /

Or datacenter

noun

a building or facility used for processing, storing, or transmitting large amounts of computer data.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

data centers

plural

Etymology

Origin of data center

data + center

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data center

Related: ‘The prospectus looks impressive’: My financial adviser wants me to invest $350,000 in a UAE data center.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

A data center in Ohio did nothing on Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sachin Katti joined OpenAI in late 2025 to rein in its ambitious Stargate data center effort, which got off to a slow start after the company failed to reach a deal with SoftBank and Oracle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“A conventional data center ordinarily performs an entirely different function,” she wrote, arguing data centers aren’t in play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The agency set up a third computer, a slightly smaller IBM 709, in a data center in Bermuda.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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