Data centres
What are data centres?
At its simplest, a data centre is a physical facility that organisations use to house their critical applications and data. A data centre’s design is based on a network of computing and storage resources that enable the delivery of shared applications and data.
Without many of us even knowing, data centres have become the heartbeat of the many applications and transactions we carry out in our daily lives.
Almost anything that involves a smartphone, computer or any other electronic device requires a data centre to ensure that it functions correctly. From social media, to working from home or using contactless payments, data centres are at the core of their functionality.
Data centres have a pivotal role to play in supporting the UK to achieve its ambition to create the new high skilled tech jobs of the future. But they are much more than that – data centres are critical infrastructure for the functioning of everyday social and business interactions. It is for these reasons why the UK Government announced earlier this year that it would class data centres as Critical National Infrastructure.