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A new municipal data center in Westerville called We Connect was developed to help businesses work more efficiently.

Business owner Patrick Knott said before the data center, the loss of internet because of a power outage would have been a crisis, 10TV's Danielle Elias reported.

"If we have our data center at We Connect, we don't have to worry about that because they have generators, they've got batteries," said Knott. "The power's never going to go out at We Connect."

Westerville's chief information officer, Todd Jackson said the center has two battery backup units, two generators, and two substations.

It was the first municipal data center in the country, Elias reported.

Westerville leaders hoped the center would help save local businesses time and money.

"It allows them to reduce costs," said Westerville's Chief Information Officer, Todd Jackson, "which affects their bottom line, and hopefully can provide better service to their customers."

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