Intelligent Data Centres Issue 19 | Page 17

DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS HUAWEI PUSHES THE ENVELOPE OF AI IN THE DATA CENTRE As organisations accelerate their Digital Transformation strategies, a revamp of existing data centres is often required in order to support power-hungry private cloud and hybrid cloud deployments. Bob He, President of Data Centre Facility, Huawei, tells us how the company is using AI to maximise data centre value for customers, as well as in its own facilities. There are many use cases for AI in the data centre, including improved safety and reliability, greater efficiency and reduced energy consumption. By collecting information from infrastructure, AI can predict faults and respond in milliseconds. As organisations around the world turn to Digital Transformation and innovation to pull ahead of the competition, many are upgrading and modernising their existing IT infrastructure to deliver the new, fluid capabilities needed to support today’s hyper-competitive business environments. This invariably includes a re-evaluation of existing data centres, the specialised facilities built to support the smooth functioning of IT systems. www.intelligentdatacentres.com Issue 19 17