Google Is Making Use of Its DeepMind Investment

Is there anything that Google DeepMind can't do? It can defeat Go champions, potentially help those fighting blindness, and now it's helping Google itself to become more environmentally friendly. Bloomberg reported that the technology giant was able to use the artificial intelligence to reduce power consumption in its data centers. According to a blog post, DeepMind was able to help reduce the amount of energy used for cooling by up to 40 percent, which equates to around an overall 15 percent reduction. This is impressive considering Google said it used around 4,402,836 MWh (megawatt-hours) of electricity in 2014. For perspective, that's around what 366,903 US homes use yearly.