EXHIBIT 23.1


              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Tech Data
Corporation for registration of $290,000,000 of 2% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures due 2021, and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated March 23, 2001, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of Tech Data Corporation and subsidiaries, included in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended January 31, 2001, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/  Ernst & Young LLP
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Ernst & Young LLP


Tampa, Florida
January 11, 2002