Data Centre Magazine December 2024 | Page 37

TOP 10 – DATA CENTRE USES

USES

Data centres are vital to the everyday operations of businesses , housing their most critical assets . Not only are they designed to be secure and reliable , but made up of a network of computing and storage resources , including routers , firewalls , storage systems and servers .

Modern data centres use technologies like virtualisation , automation and artificial intelligence ( AI ) to optimise their availability , scalability , security and efficiency . As the need for such facilities becomes more urgent amid an era of rapid digital transformation , data centre use cases are beginning to expand even further .
Data Centre Magazine looks at some of the most significant uses of data centres in 2024 . datacentremagazine . com 37