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Countries with the most data centers (2026) (www.visualcapitalist.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/infrastructure@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 4 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

It's been a while. People forget the Internet was born and grew up in the U.S. It was globalized in the 90s.

Also I wonder the average size/revenue of each data center is. I thought China would be #2 all theirs must be big.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    I suspect they don't have all the information about what china and russia are doing in this regard.

    I heard the internet was created for universities to share research. Which soon became "research" of naked people having sex videos and pictures.

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    • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Square footage of data centers would be more interesting

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    • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I wonder how many of those are used for things like tracking and ai...

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    This says South Korea has 147;

    According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the number of data centers in South Korea is forecast to more than quadruple to 637 by 2029 from 147 in 2025.

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