datacenter

American

[dey-tuh-sen-ter] / ˈdeɪ təˌsɛn tər /

Or data center

noun

a facility equipped with or connected to one or more computers, used for processing or transmitting data.

Etymology

Origin of datacenter

data + center

Example Sentences

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So Moore’s Law has fueled both the mobile-computing revolution and the artificial-intelligence datacenter boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Citrini also looks at on-device AI — running AI models locally on a device rather than waiting for queries to come back from a datacenter — winners and losers.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

Qualcomm on Monday announced the release of a new series of artificial intelligence chips to compete with the market leader Nvidia, as the race to cash in on the massive AI datacenter buildout heats up.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Meta is also building a massive datacenter in a rural part of Louisiana that is expected to use power from three large new natural gas plants.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon said Intel's "AI story still seems marginal" and the "datacenter performance continues to suffer from significant headwinds".

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023

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