What hardware powers modern data centres?
Modern data centre hardware combines compute, storage, networking and infrastructure to deliver cloud services, web hosting, enterprise IT and AI workloads. Rackmount servers and blade servers fitted with Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC CPUs form the compute backbone, while GPUs for AI such as the NVIDIA A100 accelerate machine learning and inference tasks.
Storage arrays and NVMe SSDs supply the low-latency capacity that databases and analytics demand. Solutions from vendors like Dell EMC PowerStore and HPE Apollo illustrate how dense, high-performance arrays meet both capacity and speed requirements for mixed workloads.
Networking switches such as Cisco Nexus interconnect systems and enable east–west traffic at scale. Power and cooling infrastructure, including UPS systems and micro-modular cooling, ensure resilience and energy efficiency; these subsystems are as critical as servers and storage for uptime and cost control.
The trend toward modular data centre hardware and integrated designs lets operators scale compute, storage and networking in step. When these components interoperate — from rackmount servers to advanced GPUs and resilient power systems — data centres can meet performance, resilience and sustainability goals. Learn more about industry drivers in the US Tech 100 overview at US Tech 100.
