Machine learning could unlock the power of 'self-driving' data centres IDG Connect

For Ben Treynor Sloss, Google's VP of engineering, the data centre of the future will not only benefit from the use of machine learning, but will be run by AI. Sloss pointed to the significant cost savings gleaned from Google's own DeepMind machine learning system which was instrumental in running the technology giant's data centre in 2016. The DeepMind system was able to significantly improve the power efficiency of the data centre by adjusting how servers were run and the operation of power and cooling equipment. Energy reductions reached 40% and if similar systems were rolled out across all Google's data centres globally, it could add up to a saving of tens of millions of dollars each year. For Alex Robbio, co-founder and president of Belatrix Software, the potential for the application of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence is about more than just power management.