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One: You Use Data Centers

Where the Internet Lives

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What Does This Mean for You?

In 2008, there were a lot of folks that never thought YouTube was going to work. But every year, data centers got bigger and more sophisticated. Now we're at a point where most tasks on your phone or computer aren't even done on the local hard drive. These things would be impossible without these campus-sized computer systems.

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