In many old starships, central computer centers were small rooms containing server-type units that networked all computers on the ship. With the invention of quantum computers, Computer Centers have actually tripled in size compared to the closet-sized rooms of the First Generation.

The Standard Computer Center contains a central, spherical Quantum Computing device dubbed the CU-24 Computing System. This sphere is spans a two-meter diameter and is placed in the center of the computer center. This room is normally left alone unless technicians need to maintain it.

In either case, both CU-23s and CU-24s are surrounded by protective cages that reduce the likely hood that electromagnetic radiation will interfere with their processing. This combined with an array of surge protectors along their power lines and shock absorbers to insure collisions from kinetic weapons or explosions do not damage the equipment.