# What makes a good data center?

DevFeed: [What makes a good data center?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-makes-a-good-data-center-40197.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.j2sw.com/technology/what-makes-a-good-data-center/>)

Author: j2sw

Published: 2026-06-22T11:25:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Justin Wilson (j2sw)](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/justin-wilson-j2sw.md>)

Topics: [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [IXP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ixp.md>)

Tags: [colocation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/colocation.md>), [cooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cooling.md>), [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [dc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dc.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [ixp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ixp.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [network-operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-operations.md>), [power](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/power.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [technology-industry-commentary](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-industry-commentary.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents a personal, surface-level framework for evaluating data centers, focusing on power redundancy, cooling and temperature monitoring, carrier diversity, interconnection neutrality, and physically diverse carrier routes.

## Source excerpt

A good data center is not about lobby photos or vendor language. It is about clean power, working cooling, clear cable paths, useful remote hands, and gear that can be repaired without fighting the building. The post What makes a good data center? appeared first on Justin Wilson (j2sw).