Predicted trends to aid sustainability
Vertiv experts predict that the following DC trends will likely come into circulation in 2023 :
• Increased data centre regulations
• ‘ Off-the-rack ’ ( colocation ) shopping for hyperscalers
• Diesel generator competition , including new battery tech
• Alternative thermal strategies
• 5G meeting the metaverse at the edge
implement IoT projects due to availability of reliable connectivity in the areas required .”
AI empowering sustainable operations IoT ’ s partner in crime , artificial intelligence , also has a role to play in the data-based sustainability game – as Yuval Stein , AVP Technologies at TEOCO , says : “ AI and data insights offer operators a 360-degree awareness of the network – including potential failures , which translates into anomaly detection and prediction .
“ Operators can detect and predict anomalies in the network in real-time , as well as proactively fix issues before customers are negatively affected and their services are interrupted .
Additionally , AI can predict whether a similar problem will occur in future , taking steps to prevent and solve it in advance . This then improves performance and allows operators to deliver an optimal experience to customers .”
Combined with machine learning ( ML ), it can detect patterns , anomalies , identify root causes , and recommend remedial actions , with ML able to establish “ a log of best practice actions for similar future events ”.
Stein continues : “ The advantage of this approach is that it allows network operators to establish a service operations model that is both dynamic and selfimproving . As more data sets are continually analysed , the operator is able to achieve
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