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Google Turns to Machine Learning to Build a Better Data Centre
A 2014 report on Google applying machine learning to optimize data center cooling — one of the first public disclosures that Google was using neural networks to automate infrastructure decisions. DeepMind later published the full methodology in 2016.
Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy
NYT investigation into the massive energy waste inside data centers — servers running at 6-12% utilization, backup systems idling on standby, cooling systems sized for peak loads that rarely arrive. Exposed the gap between the clean, efficient image of cloud computing and the physical reality.
