Google Cloud Uses AI to Save Energy
For data centers to function properly, they need to be kept at the proper temperature. And as we all know, keeping an area cool can come at no small expense. That’s why Google has decided to use AI to cut back on data center energy costs.
The Google subsidiary Deepmind, which is responsible for most of Google’s AI research, announced this week that Google has saved 30% on its energy bills by improving cooling system efficiency. Savings that should drastically help the $5.5 billion capital projects expenses bill reported last quarter that most likely went primarily to data center costs.
The algorithm that Deepmind and Google’s data center teams developed predicts future energy consumption based on past consumption trends. Could this be a selling point for Google’s AI technology for the public? Stay tuned to future Cloud Round-Ups to find out.
Google Cloud Gets a “Sweet” New Partner
Google Cloud has announced this week that it has obtained a “sweet” new partner, King Digital Entertainment LLC, a London headquartered gaming firm that is known for making mobile games like Candy Crush Saga. King is one of the world’s largest mobile gaming developers.
The company will be moving its core data infrastructure and AI machine learning platform to Google Cloud.Their main drive for partnering with Google was the innovation potential in data science and engineering. King takes an interest in data analytics in order to understand how players interact with their games.
King’s Vice President of Technology, Asa Bredin, and CIO, Jacques Erasmus, are excited about the move saying that it, “…will amplify our own talented engineers’ efforts, allow us to focus more on differentiation [and] areas of effort where King needs unique capabilities not provided by the market.” It will be interesting to see what new things King will have in store for gaming thanks to their partnership.
Alibaba Continues to Expand in Asia Pacific
Although Alibaba is looking to expand outside of its Asia Pacific domain, they continue to prove why they are the leader in their realm with the launch of at least 9 products centered around cloud architecture, machine learning, the IoT, and security.
The company also announced that it will be opening a second infrastructure zone in Malaysia. Chief Solutions architect Derek Wang stated, “Asia Pacific is a unique market, and as a global cloud service provider with an Asia origin, we are committed to leverage our knowledge and experience to build a sustainable regional ecosystem and enrich our offerings to meet the needs of customers in the digital age.”
To get a deeper insight on Alibaba as a cloud provider, go to Liftrnews.com to check out our Alibaba Cloud Report and stay tuned to future Cloud Round-Ups as we keep you updated.
Paytm Launches AI Cloud in India with Alibaba
One97 Communications Limited has partnered with Alibaba to launch an AI based cloud computing platform for India, continuing their trend of expanding within Asia Pacific. The company will be using Alibaba for cloud computing infrastructure.
Centered around developers, start-ups, and enterprises, the cloud is aimed at offering business-centric applications for organizations that need quality solutions for cloud computing and other business related needs.
One97 will process and store all of its Indian customer data on servers only located in the country of India itself, to conform to the highest regional security and privacy standards.
