Data is provided to route components from route loaders:
createBrowserRouter([
  {
    path: "/",
    loader: () => {
      // return data from here
      return { records: await getSomeRecords() };
    },
    Component: MyRoute,
  },
]);
The data is available in route components with useLoaderData.
import { useLoaderData } from "react-router";
function MyRoute() {
  const { records } = useLoaderData();
  return <div>{records.length}</div>;
}
As the user navigates between routes, the loaders are called before the route component is rendered.
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