# Data centres and cloud and Internal combustion engines and gensets

Data centres and cloud depends on internal combustion engines and gensets.

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[Data centres and cloud](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/data_centres/) (industry) and [Internal combustion engines and gensets](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_engines/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Internal combustion engines and gensets → Data centres and cloud*

2 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on internal combustion engines and gensets; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Electrical and cooling equipment makers: backup gensets (criticality 4 of 5)
- Colocation and wholesale data-centre operators: diesel backup (criticality 3 of 5)

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