"Some of these large data centers are just mind-blowingly large, they are enormous," says Gary Smith, underscoring the unprecedented scale of modern cloud computing facilities driven by AI.
"You have data centers that are over two kilometers, more than 1.24 miles... Some of the newer data centers are multi-story," emphasizing both horizontal and vertical expansion in data center architecture.
"These campuses are getting bigger and longer... blurring the line between what used to be a wide-area network and what's inside the data center," on the evolving structure of corporate data center campuses.
"You're beginning to see these campuses get to quite decent distances... is putting massive strain on the direct-connect technology," highlighting networking challenges as data center sizes increase.
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