20-07-2016 15:10 via theguardian.com

Google uses AI to cut data centre energy use by 15%

Technology firm hailed success of machine-learning trial and said efficiencies will applied to all its centres by end of year Google says it has cut its vast data centres’ energy use by 15% by applying artificial intelligence to manage them more efficiently than humans.The servers that power billions of web searches, streamed films and social media accounts are estimated to account for around 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Google is believed to have one of the biggest fleets of the
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