Technology · #201 biggest of 1,014
How big is a data center?
100 m
A data center measures 100 m. That's about 8.33 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 100 meters, or about 328 feet.
- It's about 59 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 8.33 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 71 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #201 by size.
Size comparison
How data center stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Saturn V rocket
111 m
American football field
110 m
International Space Station
109 m
soccer field
105 m
data center
100 m
Fury 325
99 m
Steel Dragon 2000
97 m
Big Ben
96 m
Ponte Vecchio
95 m
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 1.7% of its height.
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