If you’re exploring using AI to reduce energy spend and co2 output, or are investing in this space, listen in to Alex’s conversation with Clifford Federspiel, the co-founder and President/CTO of Vigilent, an AI platform focused on optimizing energy use and reducing carbon emissions in data centers. With a background in mechanical engineering and AI/control systems research and applications, Cliff and his co-founders have built a business over 20 years that now operates in 31 countries and serves mission-critical data centres in a variety of settings.
Listen in for these takeaways:
- Detail on the benefits of AI in data centre and industrial environments – manpower, power constraints, capex, water usage and energy
- How to adapt to AI systems, what’s needed in terms of controls – but also what expect and how to maximise their value
- Ensuring teams are able to work through change and overcoming sceptism about AI’s ability to optimize so efficiently and specifically
With the global data centre market expanding rapidly, and the energy usage of the average data center increasing to 50 or even 100 MW, managing the efficient use of energy (and its relative co2 output) is essential and not only to the company that owns the facility. Listen in to learn more..
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