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What Did Data Centers Do Before AI?
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Fusion42 · 22 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Data centers, originating from mainframe-era computing, have evolved through the rise of virtualization, cloud computing, and now AI, growing significantly in scale and complexity to fulfill varied roles from telecom to AI training and inference.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure and AI Infrastructure.
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Data centre growth from virtualisation to AI means you must plan capacity with specialised tiers in mind. New AI workloads open chances to serve higher-tier data centre needs with better reliability and power isolation.
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