Tech in ESG: How can AI make data centers more energy efficient?

Podcast host Silloo Jangalwala, Associate Director, BMC, speaks to Alexy Thomas from Tech consulting at EY India about the importance of looking at a company’s datacenters and reducing their power consumption using AI and automation, therefore achieving ESG goals.  

Background: Datacenters are not just storage rooms of computers. They contain complex arrangement of power equipment, water treatment facilities, and cooling systems. These ensure that computers can operate smoothly round the clock. Therefore, datacenters need a lot of power to run. Using AI and automation, we can considerably reduce the power consumption, and therefore make datacenters greener and more sustainable.

 Key takeaways

• The more powerful the datacenter, the more heat it generates, thus requiring more energy for its cooling systems.
• The top priority for datacenters is going to be reducing power consumption and becoming more sustainable and socially responsible.
• The capacity of datacenters in India is expected to increase five-fold in the next 5 years.
• The energy consumption by datacenters is going to double every 4 years. The sector now accounts for up to 4% of total greenhouse gas emissions globally.
• AI solutions can provide predictive maintenance, improve security, automate routine activities, and reduce workforce requirements. AI can monitor server performance, network congestion and disk utilization and predict data outages in datacenters.

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