Definition
A data center is a facility housing computing infrastructure including servers, storage, networking equipment, and cooling systems. Hyperscale data centers are massive facilities (often 100,000+ square feet) supporting cloud and AI workloads.
Key Characteristics
Scale Metrics
- Power capacity: Measured in megawatts (MW) or gigawatts (GW)
- Physical footprint: Acres of land
- Server density: Number of servers per rack
- Cooling capacity: Critical for high-density AI workloads
AI-Specific Requirements
- High power density for GPU clusters
- Advanced cooling (liquid cooling, immersion)
- High-bandwidth networking for distributed training
- Geographic distribution for latency optimization
2026 Developments
Google India AI Hub
- 1 GW power capacity
- 600-acre campus
- Located in Visakhapatnam, India
- Google’s largest AI infrastructure investment outside US
- Targeted completion: July 2028