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types of data centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Enterprise Data Center

Morphologies the types of data storage

Enterprise Data Centers Location & Infrastructure: Usually on-premises, requiring dedicated space, power, cooling, and security.Power & Cooling: High-capacity power supply with backup generators, efficient cooling systems (CRAC units, chillers).Security: ...

Colocation Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Equinix Data Center in Dallas, Texas Colocation Data Centers Facilities where multiple organizations rent space and infrastructure, sharing power, cooling, and physical security resources. Location & Infrastructure: Shared facility that provides space, ...

Cloud Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Cloud Data Centers Massively scalable, operated by cloud providers, supporting cloud services like SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. Requirements: Massive Scale & Capacity: Hundreds of thousands of servers across multiple geographically dispersed sites.Power & Coo...

Hyperscale Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Hyperscale Data Centers Exceptionally large facilities designed to serve thousands or millions of users, typically operated by tech giants like Google, Amazon, or Facebook. Requirements: Physical Scale & Infrastructure: Cover hundreds of thousands to mi...

Edge Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Edge data center in Arlington, Texas Edge Data Centers A small-scale data center situated at the "edge" of a network, physically closer to where data is generated and consumed. The primary goal is to minimize the distance data has to travel, thereby redu...

Modular Data Centers

Morphologies the types of data storage

Modular Data Centers A modular data center is a portable, prefabricated data center system made from standardized components. Think of it like a set of building blocks for a data center. These modules, which can be the size of a shipping container, are bu...

Data Bank Data Services, Dallas, TX

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Often, enterprise or colocation centers, sophisticates hide within the facade of an older building, typically with a more classical facade. These older buildings are often institutional or infrastructural, like banks and telephone towers, which no longer ...

Meta, Springfield, NE

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

These bi-winged creatures are often found in rural areas, where there is no need to hide. Always in two, creating an internal streetscape. These bi-winged creatures, often found in rural areas, where there is no need to hide, are the Guardians of the E...

Digital Realty, Ashburn, VA

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

The data center, as revealed in its plan, is a creature of almost deliberate indifference, a testament to the lack of architectural ambition that defines its purpose. Its layout, a series of repetitive, staggered boxes, betrays no passion or grand design, on...

A Sentinel in a Curtain of Denial

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Cloud Merchant, Newark, NJ

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Here, we witness the Post-Industrial Hermit Crab inhabiting the discarded shell of a bygone era. A glimpse into its inner workings reveals a dense, almost manicured grid of machinery nestled within a simple, unassuming rectangular form. This is the new, sof...

Amazon Web Services, Ashburn VA

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

This form that loves masks is a shy giant in a world of suburban homes, forests, and office parks. Its facade is a skin of tactical deception, a meticulous collection of grey stripes and panels. These are not for beauty, but for visual fragmentation, like a...

Switch Data Centers, Reno, NV

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

The facade is a continuous, solid wall, broken only by a slight impression of the rhythmic placement of the exhaust fans, and of course, the roof, monolithic and white. The building itself is a monolith, and it is further closed off by a perimeter fence and ...

Equinix Data Center, Ashburn, VA

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Ashburn, Va

Morphologies Mapping Ashburn: infrastructural park

Ashburn, Virginia—Data Center Alley—hosts over 275 data centers carrying about 70% of global internet traffic at peak, driven by dense fiber networks, proximity to subsea cables, cheap and abundant Dominion Energy power, large industrial-zoned parcels, and low...

Symbioses of Sophisticates

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Languid Leviathan

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

Meta-Phased Protazoa

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide

A Hooded Mage

Morphologies The Data Center Field Guide