What is a Server Room?

A server room is a defined area within a building that is designated with the specific purpose of housing several servers and IT networking devices in server racks or cabinets. The room provides a secure and managed environment in terms of cooling and critical power to ensure that the IT services are resilient even during a power outage.

In some organisations, smaller facilities are referred to as computer rooms, network rooms or comms rooms. In larger facilities, the term ‘datacentre’ may also be used. A datacentre is a complete building dedicated to the provision of a managed and secure environment for IT servers. A datacentre can be an enterprise type or a colocation (colo) type. Colocation datacentres provide managed facilities to organisations who want to host their IT facilities off-site. Enterprise datacentres provide IT facilities to their owners.