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When QTS announced its acquisition of a 1.2 million square foot facility in Richmond, Virginia for conversion into a data center, it renewed a debate that has been repeated with the unveiling of each new colossal server farm.
Who has the world’s largest data center? We’ve seen a lot of huge data centers in our travels, and have put together a special report identifying 10 that we believe are the largest found anywhere. These data fortresses range between 400,000 and 1 million square feet. So check out
Special Report: The World’s Largest Data Centers [1] to see our list and our selection criteria, as well as some worthy contenders that didn’t make the final cut.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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