What is DataCenter

Nice resource to know this in detail with history; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center

Check that out and read about big hosts.

Thanks

In few words - big building + tons of racks with servers inside.

with tons of cooling stuff, power, multi gig bandwidth lines, etc

Like everyone said above, it is a room with its sole purpose designed to host racks and racks of servers providing the adequate power, bandwidth, and cooling that is mandatory for the maintenance of large servers.

It's basically a huge building, with cooling systems, security systems and a lot of power.
Most of them have 2 stories and have a raised floor to avoid floodings and such and are designed to stand hurricanes and earthquakes, pretty heavy stuff.
And they are connected to different network providers such as level3, gc, internap..etc.

And they have TONS of servers into racks.

Its the place where you should have you server. Find a secure and fast internet.

"It is the location owned by a web site host and contains the web servers."

I never knew about this this is good infomation thanks I wish I owned one... so you mean like hostgator owns one? Its a building with a lot of boxes like computers and colling stuff? That preatty...
About how much do owners make?
And how much dose it cost to start one?

A datacenter is a complicated business, but a good business if you know how to operate one. My guess it would take mid to high $xxx,xxx to start one.

Owning a data center is for rich guys who have definite selling plans with the DC not for start up companies

I can narrow that down to just three words: A geek's dream.


I know a couple of people that would love to have their own DC, I am not sure I would want to have one myself but it might be interesting. I just worry that someone would expect me to clean it too.

I would like a DC of my own - You can have a free account if you clean up the DC every Sunday

how can you build your own DC? this question is more interesting than "what is a DC?"