I couldn't find any specific figures, but ...

> “Many data centers that exist today are based on 20-year-old technologies, and the simple fact is that they can no longer keep up with demand,” said Jason Nolet, Brocade vice president of data center switching and routing. “Virtualization and cloud models require greater network agility and performance, as well as reduced operating cost and complexity.”
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> *https://www.smartdatacollective.com/are-us-data-centers-too-outdated-handle-current-needs/*

0xbitcoiner

How many of the data centers in the usa are obsolete, though?


Satosora

charts_and_numbers

> Data centers are often considered as the backbone of the digital world, powering everything from social media to cloud computing.
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> In this graphic we visualize how many each country has, as of March 2024, using data from Cloudscene.
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> ![](https://m.stacker.news/73954)
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> **[🔗 visualcapitalist.com](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-top-25-countries-with-the-most-data-centers/)**