INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE POWERED BY THE DCA
How AI and Machine Learning are set to change the game for data centre operations
Tracy Collins , VP Sales – EkkoSense , discusses the ways automation tools like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning can be used to enable organisations to act quickly in addressing challenges and deliver the results their customers and business require .
Before joining EkkoSense , I led a regional colocation provider and prior to that spent over 21 years with Vertiv – one of the largest suppliers of critical infrastructure for the data centre industry .
I ’ ve spent my entire career in data centres and have lived through all the challenges and limitations our sector faces around managing the issues balancing critical infrastructure and IT loads . So , I ’ m fully aware of the complexities involved in striking the right balance between efficiency , performance , risk and costs across all your facilities .
The primary reason for this is the sheer volume of data involved and the fact that most of the tools required to interrogate and interpret this data still rely on human capital . The application of Machine Learning ( ML ) and Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) capabilities creates a new paradigm in how to approach data centre operations .
Now , data centres leveraging Machine Learning to monitor their critical infrastructure and IT load benefit by having better real time visibility of the operation , any potential risks and how to address them – while also reducing energy consumption and lowering operating costs significantly .
In reality , most data centres continue to follow traditional operating models that have been in place for decades .
The environment is built to support the assumed and anticipated needs associated with the IT workload . Flexibility and future capacity are typically designed in and , in many cases , built out .
But , practically speaking , monitoring is focused on failures and alerts – measuring performance and understanding the relationship between the IT load and the critical infrastructure on a continuous basis rarely occurs .
Tracy Collins , VP Sales – EkkoSense www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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