How many datacenter are there in the world?

In 2019, there were an estimated 8 million data centers in the world. This includes all datacenters, from the small ones being constituted from a floor in an industrial building with a few hundreds/ thousands of servers, from the major ones that host million of servers for both GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon), Microsoft, BATX (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaoming), and includes static and mobile departments of defense of various countries in the world datacenters.

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What is the length of all the electric grids in the world?

In 2013, the estimated length of all the electric grids in the world was 57 million km, including transmission power lines and distribution power lines.

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What are the countries that host most pipelines in the world?

Only 4 countries host 76% of all pipelines in the world. They are the USA (62%), Russia (7%), China (4%), and Canada (3%). These percentages are calculated based on pipelines’ length .They are not calculated based on number of pipelines.

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