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RISING DATA CENTRE COSTS AND TECH SOLUTIONS
Phil Burr , Director , Lumai , with three reasons why the total cost of data centre ownership is rising and how 3D optics can help tackle them .
Much has been said about the vast energy consumption and environmental impact of data centres . The UK National Grid has predicted that the boom in AI will cause data centre power use in the UK to surge six-fold in 10 years .
But less in being said about the huge rise in costs that this increase in power demand is producing – costs which ultimately make it harder for businesses to benefit from AI .
With the help of new technology like optical AI acceleration , data centres can reduce their TCO and create a cycle of sustainable investment .
Goldman Sachs has predicted that AI processing means the tech industry is on track to hit the US $ 1 trillion mark for spend on data centres and hardware in the next few years . While this spend is turbocharging the speed of innovation and pushing requirements to new levels , this is also creating a power strain at both data centre and rack level .
This means more investment into components like hardware , cooling , power delivery and converters to match energy demand – and the cycle continues .
Without significantly reducing the energy consumption per AI calculation , the total cost of ownership ( TCO ) of data centres will increase , the industry will not be able to meet surging energy demand nor improve its sustainability .
AI acceleration using 3D optics is a pioneering new approach to maximising the energy efficiency and performance of data centres , creating cost-efficient processing that can reduce power consumption while meeting AI performance .
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