
AI Assists in Improving Data Centres
With new capabilities, artificial intelligence is modernising data centres by enhancing efficiency,
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CIO Applications Europe | Monday, June 23, 2025

Technological advancements are improving access to artificial intelligence as well as the capabilities of AI offering benefits for total data centre automation.
FREMONT, CA: With new capabilities, artificial intelligence is modernising data centres by enhancing efficiency, operations, and performance. The potential of AI benefits many types of centres, from automated task management to intelligent cybersecurity. Smaller data centres are also gaining access to AI, and new technologies are assisting them in their transition to fully automated operations.
How Data Centres Can Use AI
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The biggest storage servers and data centres have been using artificial intelligence. For such hyperscalers, developing and deploying AI solutions is far more attainable and financially viable. AI is just now starting to make reasonable investments for the majority of data centres.
Numerous centres are using AI to increase operational efficiency, specifically in the areas of power and cooling management, which are the most important operational factors. However, they frequently operate inefficiently and can be a significant source of expenses. Servers with the largest power draw require universal cooling, which wastes energy for those providers that don't require it, and AI is assisting in this. A data centre's power and cooling requirements can be autonomously monitored and changed by artificial intelligence.
AI is also used to track the efficiency of data centre equipment such as humidity and temperature, among other things. Data centres can execute predictive maintenance with the help of data and insights amassed by AI and avoid lengthy downtime for necessary repairs.
Trends in Data Centre AI
As AI becomes more widely available to data centres, several significant usage trends are emerging. For instance, during the past few years, security has been elevated to a top priority in data centres all around the world. The COVID-19 outbreak prompted a global upsurge in cybercrime that targeted every sector of the economy and type of organisation.
Data centres of all sizes must protect themselves against hackers since they are now vaults for the valuable data of enterprises. A mechanism for addressing these cybersecurity needs is artificial intelligence. AI can be used to automatically monitor traffic and alert any suspicious activities, such as unauthorised or unusual access. They can use it for access control, authorisation, and even risk and vulnerability analysis before and after security occurrences.
As more data centres transition to cloud operations and storage, it is crucial to take note of AI traffic monitoring. Traffic plays a significant role in the deployment and organisation of data centres. Data centres moving to cloud operations may benefit from the insights gathered by AI monitoring systems, which offer a more precise view of where the most power and storage are required and areas that may use more optimization.
Additionally, workload management is also emerging as a popular application for AI in data centres. This helps traffic monitoring a step further and manages workloads throughout a facility to operate most efficiently. This function can genuinely reinvigorate centres with performance improvements for both new and old systems, including hybrid and cloud systems.
AI can restructure workloads in real-time to streamline operations as it tracks traffic, workloads, and temperatures throughout a facility. Since there would be fewer overheated units in the facility due to enhanced workload management, this might even help data centres save on energy expenditures.
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