How Many Data Centers Are There In The World?

by Mike Rinaldi on 1/5/12 1:53 PM

It’s a question that comes up all the time. It’s also a difficult question to answer, because so many companies are secretive about their data center operations.

Emerson Network Power has put forth an answer to this question in “State of the Data Center 2011,” a report and infographic that summarizes data points about data growth, data center facilities and the cost of downtime. Emerson says there are 509,147 data centers worldwide, with 285.8 million square feet of space. Or in more familiar terms, there’s enough data center space in the world to fit 5,955 football fields.

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