Towards Sustainable Energy-Efficient Data Centers in Africa

2021/09/09 by Ojika, David, Strayer, Jayson, Kaul, Gaurav
#Computers and Society (cs.CY) #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Parallel #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2109.04067

Abstract

Developing nations are particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of global warming. By 2040, 14 percent of global emissions will come from data centers. This paper presents early findings in the use AI and digital twins to model and optimize data center operations.

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