Artificial intelligence could help data centres run far more efficiently

A novel system developed by MIT researchers automatically'learns' how to schedule data-processing operations across thousands of servers. MIT system'learns' how to optimally allocate workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy. A novel system developed by MIT researchers automatically'learns' how to schedule data-processing operations across thousands of servers -- a task traditionally reserved for imprecise, human-designed algorithms. Doing so could help today's power-hungry data centres run far more efficiently. Data centres can contain tens of thousands of servers, which constantly run data-processing tasks from developers and users.