Data centre
A data centre is a specially secured operating environment in which servers, storage and network components are run centrally to provide applications and business data reliably. It typically includes redundant power and cooling, fire protection, physical access controls and organisational measures for operations, maintenance and disaster recovery planning. Depending on the operating model, a data centre may be used internally, as colocation or in the Cloud, and it forms the basis for professional hosting, including controlled backup and recovery processes. A company runs its ERP system in a data centre so that users can work across locations and data remains available even during outages through secured recovery procedures.