Data centers are safer than they were previously. However, in search of innovative solutions, some tech titans have stated that they are investigating how AI can be used to prevent safety issues. Microsoft and Meta, for example, have joined Google in developing an AI system that analyses data from various sources and generates alerts for data centre construction and operations teams in order to “prevent or mitigate the impact of safety incidents.” A related but complementary system is also being developed to detect and predict impacts to data centre construction schedules. “Both initiatives are in the early stages of testing and are expected to be implemented in our production environments later this year,” Of course, companies have reasons other than safety to keep data centres in top shape. Meta operates more than 20 data centres around the world, including new projects in Texas and Missouri that are expected to cost $1.6 billion in total. Meanwhile, Microsoft manages more than 200 data centres and claims to be on track to build 50 to 100 new data centres per year for the foreseeable future.
