Why are motherboards designed for servers generally larger than regular motherboards?

Why are motherboards designed for servers generally larger than regular motherboards? Why are motherboards designed for servers generally larger than regular motherboards? Usually servers come in larger form factors, why?
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You can find server boards with 2-4 CPU slots, 16 ram slots, etc. This takes extra space. I also am guessing it has something to do with many servers being in rack mount chassis instead of desktop boxes.