A cleanroom is a controlled environment that filters pollutants like dust, airborne microbes, and aerosol particles to provide the cleanest area possible
. Cleanrooms are typically used in manufacturing, scientific research, and various industries where small particles can adversely affect products or processes
. They are classified into different classes depending on the number of particles allowed in the environment
. Some common reasons for using a cleanroom and the industries that regularly use cleanrooms include:
- Manufacturing Companies
- Research Facilities
- Pharmaceutical Companies
- Medical Laboratories
- Electronic Part Production
- Aerospace Industry
- Nanotechnology production
- Optics and Lens Manufacturing
- Military Applications
Cleanrooms are designed to maintain a very low concentration of airborne particulates and are well-isolated, well-controlled from contamination, and actively cleansed
. They can range from small laboratory spaces to entire manufacturing facilities
. A data clean room, on the other hand, is a technology service that helps content platforms keep first-person user data private while providing advertisers with non-personally identifiable information
. Data clean rooms are used for purposes such as:
- Regulatory compliance: They help content providers, marketers, and advertisers better understand users while still being compliant with privacy regulations like GDPR
- Trend data: Data clean rooms provide aggregate user information that gives visibility into trends across demographic and industry segments
- User segmentation: With the aggregated user data, advertisers and marketers can build customized audience groups for better user segmentation
