{"id":14473,"date":"2024-02-22T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/what-are-data-centers"},"modified":"2024-02-22T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T13:15:00","slug":"what-are-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=14473","title":{"rendered":"What Are Data Centers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hs-featured-image-wrapper\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/what-are-data-centers\" title=\"\" class=\"hs-featured-image-link\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/hubfs\/2024\/Blog%20Assets\/AdobeStock_294803433-1.jpeg\" alt=\"What Are Data Centers?\" class=\"hs-featured-image\" style=\"width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\"> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re back at it with episode three of our five-part podcast special that explains the nuts and bolts of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve come to the right place if you&#8217;re looking to understand how all of those cat videos travel from the source to your phone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/what-is-a-transport-network\">episode two<\/a> how the internet is made of transport networks to carry data over (mostly) fiber optic wires distributed around the world. 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