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From searching the internet to getting answers answered by an AI chatbot, all of these requests require data centers to function.
“That request is routed from your device over a fiber optic cable to a data center, which is a large facility full of server racks with powerful processing chips. And here that request is processed and then sent back to your device at high speed.”
Bronwyn Cumbo is a lecturer in sustainable and inclusive AI futures at the University of Technology Sydney.
Speaking to SBS, she says more and more services are relying on data centers around the world.
“So most parts of our modern digital society rely on data centers to function. So when listeners think about the different platforms, apps and services that they rely on, from banking to healthcare to social media to public transportation to streaming, all of those services actually rely on data centers somewhere in the world to store them and…
