0 a building containing many powerful computers and the systems needed to keep them running, so that large amounts of data (= computer information) can be dealt with effectively and without interruption:
1 a place where a number of computers that contain large amounts of information can be kept safely:
Many countries are trying to attract cloud computing data centres.
They established a data centre in Bangalore, India, which is expected to triple in size by the end of next year.
Plenty of companies create their own data farms so they can house their server infrastructure, ensure constant connectivity, and compute large amounts of data.
Everyone who works in the data farm is focused on maintaining the technology and fixing problems quickly to minimize downtime.
