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Datacenter proxy
In plain English
What does Datacenter proxy mean?
A proxy hosted in a data centre; fast and cheap but easily identified as non-residential by anti-bot systems.
Datacenter proxies are fine for speed-sensitive scraping of tolerant sites and for basic geo checks. Social platforms, sneaker sites and ad accounts detect them quickly. Use residential or mobile where trust matters.