International Data Center Day Quiz 2025

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March 26 is International Data Center Day. Celebrate the date with a quiz to test your knowledge!

This quiz contains 10 multiple choice questions about a variety of topics. Carefully read each question and choose the option you believe is the correct answer. Each question is worth one point. Once you’ve answered all the questions, click the ‘Submit’ button.

After submitting your responses, you’ll receive feedback on each question as well as an overall score.

Compare your score with the tiers listed below to determine your knowledge rank:

0 Correct: Server Snoozer
1-3 Correct: Cable Tangle Troubleshooter
4-6 Correct: Airflow Aficionado
7-9 Correct: Rack Master
All 10 Correct: Data Center Wizard

This quiz is brought to you by Data Center Knowledge.

Compared to traditional data centers, how much additional power are AI data centers projected to use?

1 point

About the same

50% more

100% more

400% more

Approximately how much of the world’s total electricity output is consumed by data centers today?

1 point

Less than 1%

1-2%

10%

20%

Approximately how much of the world’s total electricity output are data centers projected to consume by 2030?

1 point

10%

20%

Equinix announced plans in 2024 to sunset a major type of data center offering. What is it?

1 point

Colocation

Bare-Metal-as-a-Service

White glove support

Interconnection

Which formerly rare practice is now accelerating data center construction?

1 point

Increased use of prefabricated components

AI-powered construction robots

Increased use of quick-setting concrete

A reduction in building code requirements

Approximately how much are businesses projected to spend on data center construction by 2030?

1 point

$10 million

$10 billion

$50 billion

$100 billion

Which of the following types of cooling technologies is the most energy-efficient?

1 point

Chilled server room air cooling

Rack-level cooling

Direct-to-chip cooling

Liquid immersion cooling

Lonestar Data Holdings is a startup aiming to deploy data centers in a novel location. Where is it?

1 point

On the ocean floor

In the Sahara Desert

In Antarctica

On the moon

The University of Trento recently began building a data center in a novel location. Where is it?

1 point

In an active mine

At the front lines of a war zone

On a jetliner

On a boat in the Tiber

Which of the following hardware trends are currently driving innovation in data centers?

1 point

Chips specialized for AI workloads

Chips that use an Arm architecture instead of x86

Low-power cooling systems

All of the above

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