- Three out of four decision makers know that AI is responsible for the additional pressure of the data center
- Renewable energy is key, but water cooling is disapproved by one in four
- Leaders see digital twins such as ‘Game Changer’ for innovation
A new research from Candence has revealed that the world’s current data centers are being taken to their absolute limits as companies expand investments in artificial intelligence and other cloud services.
The three quarters (74%) of decision makers claim that the demands of AI are exerting greater pressure on the data centers, with 86% warning that a lack of innovation could have serious consequences to moderate.
In the midst of the current battle for the improvements of the data centers, companies are also pressing to be more sustainable, but there is a lot of work to be done.
We need to focus on the improvements of data centers
Nine in 10 (88%) are now working actively to improve energy efficiency in their data centers, however, less than one in three (31%) feel that they are actually doing enough. In addition, almost three quarters (70%) feel that the national energy network could be at the limit, highlighting the role that more local renewable energy sources can play on these campuses.
On the issue of sustainability, one in four (26%) came to say that they would never use liquid cooling, which requires large amounts of water can often have negative impacts on nearby societies.
However, there are many challenges that prevent significant development, with leaders concerned with the cost of implementing new technologies (42%), the lack of qualified personnel (35%), incompatibility with inherited systems (31%), uncertainty on future technologies (30%) and a rare -clear return of investment (33%).
Although artificial intelligence is frequently seen in natural language assistants (56%), which causes the high demand for powerful data centers, Cadence says that it can also help address the problem of growing. Its uses in the management of automation capacity (50%), demand prognosis (54%) and failure detection (60%) could play considerable role in the development of data centers.
Looking to the future, three out of four (73%) see digital twins as ‘game changingmen’ for the innovation of the data center, with four out of five (81%) already recognizing their value and one in four (21%) not users who prepare to adopt digital twins in the next 12 months.
