Google Just Put an AI in Charge of Keeping Its Data Centers Cool (zdnet.com)

Google is putting an artificial intelligence system in charge of its data center cooling after the system proved it could cut energy use. From a report: Now Google and its AI company DeepMind are taking the project further; instead of recommendations being implemented by human staff, the AI system is directly controlling cooling in the data centers that run services including Google Search, Gmail and YouTube. "This first-of-its-kind cloud-based control system is now safely delivering energy savings in multiple Google data centers," Google said. Data centers use vast amount of energy and as the demand for cloud computing rises even small tweaks to areas like cooling can produce significant time and cost savings. Google's decision to use its own DeepMind-created system is also a good plug for its AI business. Every five minutes, the AI pulls a snapshot of the data center cooling system from thousands of sensors. This data is fed into deep neural networks, which predict how different choices will affect future energy consumption.

Comments

The data center became self-aware

[filesiteguy]

Next it will be instructing us lowly humans to build new data centers so we can keep ourselves cool.

Re:I have an AI at home, too

[The Original CDR]

"The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." - Scotty (Star Trek 5)

You mean algorithm?

[schklerg]

Seriously - it's an algorithm. It may be a more gooder one fed by sensor data, but it can only be deemed intelligence in the same way a report is intelligence. So tired of this buzzword.