# Data centres and Data centres and cloud

Data centres and cloud depends on data centres.

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[Data centres](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_data_centres/) (energy) and [Data centres and cloud](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/data_centres/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Data centres → Data centres and cloud*

3 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on data centres; for the most dependent, it rates 5 out of 5 on criticality.

- **3** enterprise types depend on it
- **5 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- AI accelerator and server-chip makers: accelerators set the power density of the hall (criticality 5 of 5)
- Hyperscale cloud providers: fleet electricity (criticality 4 of 5)
- Colocation and wholesale data-centre operators: the facilities themselves (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.