Walk through time to discover the history and evolution of data centres , from ENIAC to modern day applications

ENIAC

The first ENIAC data centre

Data centres branch out from the military

Designed for the US army , crude data centres can be traced back to the late 1940s , when the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ( ENIAC ) was the height of computational technology .

The US poured significant funds into the innovation of ENIAC technology at the start of the Cold War .

Developed in secret , the first ENIAC data centre was created by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania .

Innovations during this decade saw an increase in the use of the technology in several locations in the US .

By 1951 , the Universal Automatic Computer ( UNIVAC ) was developed – the first to store data on magnetic tapes .

During the 1960s and 70s , investment in computational technology increased .

By 1960 , large size machines in separate rooms were used in controlled environments .

IBM released its first transistorised computer ( TRADIC ) in the same decade – equipment that helped the concept of data centres branch out from military use into commercial use .

16 June 2022