A Look Inside U.S. Data Centres

Eileen McNulty · July 26, 2014

Data centres are the cornerstone of the internet. As this infographic states, “Digital files may not take up space in your house, but everything on the internet has a home.” This home is the data centre, the starting point of your online journey. This infographic by WhoIsHostingThis takes us through the data centre, discussing everything from the cost of maintaining a data centre, to the increasingly innovative ways companies are powering their data centre cooling systems.

The Author

Eileen McNulty

Eileen McNulty-Holmes is the Head of Content for Data Natives, Europe’s largest data science conference. For the past ten years, they have written, edited and strategised for companies and publications spanning tech, arts and culture. With a core focus in journalism and content, Eileen has also spoken at conferences, organised literary and art events, mentored others in journalism, and had their fiction and essays published in a range of publications. They are passionate about amplifying marginalised voices in their field (particularly those from the LGBTQ community), AI, and dressing like it’s still the ’80s