data warehouse

American  

noun

1. Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization.

   The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.

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Other Word Forms

• data warehousing
  noun

Etymology

Origin of data warehouse

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Snowflake is a leading vendor of data warehouse and cloud data management solutions.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

“You can already see the writing on the wall,” said Ali Ghodsi, chief executive of Databricks, a data warehouse and analysis company that works with A.I. start-ups.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

“This footnote refers to our exploration of more than 800 features from Allegheny’s data warehouse more than five years ago,” the developers said by email.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2023

He began building a "master data warehouse" that pulled in client data from other RealPage applications, such as those for leasing managers.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2022

The financial accounting, the technology infrastructure, the data warehouse, and the hardcore underlying payments to infrastructure, I’m not as involved in.

From The Verge • Nov. 16, 2021