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I guess it depends on how much equipment is needed before something becomes a "datacenter". I don't really see a community hub being a massive supercomputer, maybe a small office or a room in a local library. I'd argue that a single server could be called a datacenter if it centralizes data, but I don't think that is the common understanding of the word. Maybe the word needs to be reclaimed.
literally no one calls a single server a datacenter, and there is no reason to. If you did, then you'd just need to come up with a new term for datacenters. for what? Just use the term the way everyone else does.
Well...
A data center is... A data center. So a central plave for data.
It isn't called Data Warehouse, Data Industrual Plant or Data Mega Shop.
So - if the place is... a central place for the town people's data (as in OC's cases)....
Wouldn't "Data Center" be a fitting name?