ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is collaborating with technology and automation firm ABB to conduct an artificial intelligence (AI) energy optimisation pilot in Singapore.
The objective of the pilot is to leverage AI and machine learning (ML) technology and advanced analytics to optimise energy use within a data centre and reduce a facility’s overall carbon footprint.
“STT GDC is excited to collaborate with ABB on this pilot as we transition our data centres to be net carbon-neutral by 2030,” says Daniel Pointon, group CTOat STT GDC. “Our group’s AI roadmap will take a big leap forward with this pilot program and focus on optimising our data centre’s energy utilisation. During the review of the pilot results, we will also assess future AI-based applications such as predictive maintenance, capacity management, security analytics and other business processes in our considerations.”
The pilot will span two phases – an initial data exploration, modelling and validation phase, followed by deployment of AI control logic in a live data centre environment.
The pilot aims to achieve at least 10% reduction in energy usage by the cooling systems, which contributes most to the consumption of electrical power in a data centre after our customer’s IT equipment.
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Optimising the cooling efficiency will in turn improve power usage effectiveness (PUE) and reduce the carbon footprint, with an estimated reduction of 1,100 tons of carbon in the atmosphere for every 10MW of IT load utilised, which is equivalent to saving approximately 18,000 trees.
“We look forward to supporting the STT GDC team in their efforts to drive digitalisation and energy efficiencies.” says Madhav Kalia, global head of data center automation at ABB. “At ABB, we have a strong track record of supporting data centre operators with our best-in-class technology solutions. We are committed to exploring the synergies between our offerings with STT GDC as it embarks on an ambitious plan.”
STT GDC has pledged to achieve carbon-neutral data centre operations by 2030.
The AI project will be jointly developed by STT GDC and ABB. It will be an on-premise solution that will tightly integrate to the existing ABB Ability™ Data Center Automation system on site, which provides comprehensive monitoring and control of the entire data centre infrastructure.
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