Intelligent Data Centres Issue 12 | Page 20

DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS A KEY BENEFIT OF EDGE COMPUTING FOR AI IS THAT NECESSARY DATA WOULD LIVE LOCALLY TO THE DEVICE, WHICH REDUCES LATENCY. factors for AI. HCI allows technology to operate within a smaller hardware design; in fact, some companies are set to launch highly available HCI Edge Compute clusters which are no bigger than a cup of coffee. It is time for HCI to embrace and include Edge Computing; doing so provides benefits 20 Issue 12 that are important to the growth of AI. It also allows for the technology to operate without too much human involvement, which gives AI the opportunity to best optimise its Machine Learning feature and increase its efficiency on smarter decision- making. Up until now, cloud has been sufficient in providing AI with the platform it needed in order to become available on nearly every technological device. But now, it will be the combination of HCI and Edge Computing that gives AI the tools to take its next big step, providing organisations with smarter and faster decision-making. ◊ www.intelligentdatacentres.com