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Data centre: the central computing facility of a business

A data centre is the umbrella term for central IT areas inside or outside a company. It can refer both to a physical building or part of a building housing the central computing equipment and servers, and to the IT organisational unit of a company or public authority. Organisations such as banks, insurers and large authorities, which handle a great deal of data and run many workstations, often operate data centres of their own. There are also shared data centres, run as a joint facility by several companies or authorities.

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What modern data centres do

A defining feature of data centres is the central control and administration of large numbers of workstations and of a company's internal communication structure. Data centres hold many servers with redundant capacity, which means they offer a great deal of storage. Central software used by every computer in the company can therefore be kept on a single server. Those servers can also store large volumes of data.

The growing role of server outsourcing

As the trend towards server outsourcing grows, external data centres offer data storage for business and private users. To guarantee trouble-free operation, servers must be redundant and protected by security measures against data loss and unauthorised access. The centron data centre, for example, offers connections of more than 10 Gigabit and relies on emergency power systems, state-of-the-art fire suppression, comprehensive climate control and physical access protection to keep data safe.

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