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Traditional Vs. Hyperscale Data Centers: What's The Difference?

DataCenter Knowledge, Thursday, April 27,2023

Do you want to be a hyperscaler? Here are the defining characteristics of hyperscale data centers.

In the world of data centers, "hyperscale" belongs to the same category as words like "high performance" and "high availability": Folks toss it around frequently, but rarely define exactly what it means.

What is a hyperscale data center? What differentiates the hundreds of hyperscale facilities in existence from the opposite of hyperscale facilities? What is the opposite of a hyperscale data center, anyway?

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