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 | Major areas supported by datacenters | Example | Without datacenters |
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 | Cloud Computing Services | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform | Cloud storage, cloud computing, and cloud-based applications would not exist. Without datacenters, businesses and individuals could not access scalable computing resources on-demand. Companies would need to own and maintain their own physical infrastructure for every service, which would be cost-prohibitive and inefficient. |
-| Online Gaming | Fortnite, Call of Duty, Xbox Cloud Gaming | Multiplayer games and cloud gaming wouldn’t exist. Without datacenters, players couldn’t connect to remote servers for real-time interactions, hosting, or matchmaking. Cloud gaming wouldn’t allow highperformance games to be streamed to low-powered devices, and massive online worlds with persistent data would be impossible to maintain.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Online multiplayer games require dedicated servers to host the game worlds and facilitate communication between players. These servers are typically housed in datacenters. When you play a game like Fortnite, Call of Duty, or World of Warcraft, the game does not run solely on your console or PC—it connects to a remote server hosted in a datacenter.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Cloud gaming is another area where datacenters have played a transformative role. With cloud gaming services like NVIDIA GeForce Now, and Xbox Cloud Gaming, players can play high-performance video games on devices that don’t have the necessary processing power to run these games locally (like smartphones or low-end PCs).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• In any multiplayer game, especially massive ones with millions of players (such as Minecraft or League of Legends), all the interactions between players need to be synchronized in real-time. This includes player actions, in-game world states, player inventories, and more.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Many games feature persistent worlds—virtual environments that continue to evolve even when the player is not logged in. These worlds are powered by datacenters, which store the state of the game, player progress, and interactions. In games like EVE Online or Second Life, players can leave the game, but the world keeps running, evolving, and reacting to the actions of other players. Datacenters ensure that these worlds are always active, with data being saved and synchronized in real-time. |
+| Online Gaming | Fortnite, Call of Duty, Xbox Cloud Gaming | Multiplayer games and cloud gaming wouldn’t exist. Without datacenters, players couldn’t connect to remote servers for real-time interactions, hosting, or matchmaking. Cloud gaming wouldn’t allow high performance games to be streamed to low-powered devices, and massive online worlds with persistent data would be impossible to maintain.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Online multiplayer games require dedicated servers to host the game worlds and facilitate communication between players. These servers are typically housed in datacenters. When you play a game like Fortnite, Call of Duty, or World of Warcraft, the game does not run solely on your console or PC—it connects to a remote server hosted in a datacenter.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Cloud gaming is another area where datacenters have played a transformative role. With cloud gaming services like NVIDIA GeForce Now, and Xbox Cloud Gaming, players can play high-performance video games on devices that don’t have the necessary processing power to run these games locally (like smartphones or low-end PCs).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• In any multiplayer game, especially massive ones with millions of players (such as Minecraft or League of Legends), all the interactions between players need to be synchronized in real-time. This includes player actions, in-game world states, player inventories, and more.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;• Many games feature persistent worlds—virtual environments that continue to evolve even when the player is not logged in. These worlds are powered by datacenters, which store the state of the game, player progress, and interactions. In games like EVE Online or Second Life, players can leave the game, but the world keeps running, evolving, and reacting to the actions of other players. Datacenters ensure that these worlds are always active, with data being saved and synchronized in real-time. |
 | Web Hosting and Websites | Websites like Facebook, Google, Reddit | Hosting websites and providing content over the internet would be impossible without datacenters. They provide the infrastructure needed to store, process, and serve the vast amounts of data (images, videos, text) that websites rely on. |
 | Streaming Services | Netflix, YouTube, Spotify | Streaming media (videos, music, live broadcasts) in real-time would not be feasible. Datacenters store and distribute massive amounts of multimedia content efficiently to users around the world. |
 | Online Banking and Financial Transactions | Online banking, stock trading platforms, PayPal | Real-time financial transactions, secure data storage, and processing would be impossible without datacenters. They handle the secure, rapid transactions that allow for digital banking, investing, and payments. |