Artificial intelligence in the data centre

People are realising, now more than ever, the benefit of intelligent, connected, and data-driven business strategies. It doesn't matter what business you are in, it's clear that big data, the Internet of Things, automation and machine learning are changing the way we work – and artificial intelligence is the next stage of that trend. Though its definition is hotly contested – in particular, its distinction from machine learning – the implication of its success is clear. Take processes and tasks where human judgement is required and replace the human element with a machine that is able to exercise'judgement' on the basis of what has happened before – just like we do. To make this happen, however, requires huge amounts of computing power.