r/datacenter

39k members
r/datacenter is a subreddit with 39k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses data center, aws, interview, google, and career, and they frequently recommend/review label printer, work shoes, and resources.
Rack and stack! News, comments, tools, and questions about servers, network hardware, DC infrastructure, industry jobs, and more are welcome here. If you have a question about personal servers, data storage, or hardware smaller than several racks please try /r/homelab or /r/DataHoarder instead

Popular Themes in r/datacenter

#1
Advice Requests
: "I just got an offer to work at a Datacenter. I have no experience working in one."
17 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "That’s a lot of storage"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Looking for a power/reset controller for a small data center"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Are modular data centers actually solving real deployment problems, or just shifting complexity elsewhere?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/datacenter

#1

Data Center

: "Sorry, our Data Center has been burned"
162 posts
#2

Aws

: "Aws Data Center Technician Prep | The Complete Guide (Written by Someone Who Went Through It)"
89 posts
#3

Interview

: "My full Google Data Center Technician Interview timeline"
74 posts
#4

Google

: "Google offer accepted!"
42 posts
#5

Career

: "Data Center Career Pathway"
33 posts
#6

Technician

: "AWS Data Center Technician Prep | The Complete Guide (Written by Someone Who Went Through It)"
28 posts
#7

Data Centers

: "What do you think is the future for Data Centers?"
27 posts
#8

Ai

: "Is Ai/Data center discourse around the world the same as the US RIGHT NOW?"
15 posts
#9

Job

: "Is Data Center Technician a dead-end Job?"
13 posts
#10

Cooling

: "Is this information about closed loop Cooling accurate?"
9 posts

Products Discussed in r/datacenter

Label Printer

6 reviews
#1
Brady
3.5 from 4 reviews
#2
Brother
5.0 from 1 review
#3
Panduit
1.0 from 1 review

Work Shoes

5 reviews
#1
Reebok
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Red Wing
5.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Keen
5.0 from 1 review

Resources

2 reviews
#1
Data Center Dynamics
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Data Center Knowledge
5.0 from 1 review

Member Growth in r/datacenter

Yearly
+15k members(61.0%)

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Last updated: June 3, 2026