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and effect between the subsystems, while optimising at the system level is vital.
It ' s not a one and done design – you need to be able to constantly simulate and operate at scale to get the best performance from your data centre. We suggest a digital twin of your power architecture and your cooling architecture to be able to have simulations that become the critical driving force for your operational performance.
Looking ahead five years, what will define the next generation of AI infrastructure, and what role will Schneider Electric play in shaping it?
As previously mentioned, I think the compute is going to keep growing higher and higher. I also think the digital component at the moment has not been optimised and what will be absolutely critical over the next few years is how data centre operators integrate this efficiently. The differentiator for developers will be how they can utilise digital intelligence to improve their entire architecture.
Energy Intelligence is going to be very important. There is a gap today in terms of power availability and I think bringing that Energy Intelligence will provide insight into how you can make data centres a flexible asset. For example, some data centres are designed for peak power 10 times a year; but in the remaining time, how can you bring that energy as a flexible resource for grid environment?
The intersection of supply, optimisation of energy and intelligence, making data centres a flexible energy asset, will be the next frontier. �
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