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Data centres in the UK: the infrastructure behind a digital economy
An introduction to UK data centres, their role in digital services, and the planning, power, connectivity and sustainability questions shaping the sector.
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Edge computing in the UK: when processing closer to users helps
Learn what edge computing means, where it can help UK organisations, and how to plan latency, security, connectivity, resilience and cost.
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Data centre terms,
made clearer.
A practical starting point for the terminology used across digital infrastructure.
Read the cloud guideData centre
A purpose-built or adapted environment that houses computing, storage and network equipment used to run digital services.
Cloud computing
The delivery of computing resources over a network, using data-centre infrastructure to provide processing, storage and related services.
Hyperscale
An approach to infrastructure and operations designed to expand efficiently across very large numbers of servers and substantial workloads.
Hyperscaler
An organisation that operates extensive data-centre infrastructure and delivers computing, storage or networking services at large scale.
Disaster recovery
The plans, capabilities and processes used to restore systems and data after a disruptive event.
Downtime
A period when a system or service is unavailable or cannot perform its intended function.
Redundancy
The provision of an additional component or path so that a defined failure does not immediately stop a service.
Resilience
The ability of a service to withstand disruption, continue within agreed limits and recover in a controlled way.
Scalability
The ability to increase or reduce compute, storage, network or facility capacity as requirements change.
Sovereign AI
Artificial intelligence developed and operated under a country’s own governance, with greater local control over data, models and infrastructure.
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The redevelopment or expansion of existing infrastructure or a previously developed site.
Greenfield
A new facility or development built on a site that has not previously hosted that kind of infrastructure.
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