# Data centres and Education and research

Education and research depends on data centres.

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

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Data centres → Education and research*

5 of the enterprise types in Education and research depend on data centres; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Scholarly publishers and research databases: online journals (criticality 4 of 5)
- Public research laboratories and large facilities: supercomputers (criticality 4 of 5)
- Universities and colleges: research computing (criticality 3 of 5)
- Education technology and campus software vendors: hosting (criticality 2 of 5)
- Corporate R&D centres and contract research organisations: AI and simulation compute (criticality 2 of 5)

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