What Is a Data Center?

What is a data center graphic showing rows of server hardware inside a modern data center facility, with Brightlio branding.

Data centers accounted for approximately 4.7% of U.S. electricity consumption in 2024, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s updated analysis.  That energy powers the equipment behind websites, business software, cloud services, and AI applications.  Understanding how a data center works starts with the relationship between its computing equipment and the facility systems that support it.…

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