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The deployment of AI in data centres will continue to increase although , in common with other manifestations of Digital Transformation it will be an evolution rather than a revolution . There are a number of factors that will determine the speed and penetration of AI within data centres .

The business case that AI makes for data centre investors . Some of the major savings on power and operational efficiency have been noted in very large and hyperscale facilities . As AI matures as a set of technological options and as pricing levels reflect that level of maturity so the business case for smaller MTDC and enterprise facilities will gain further traction . The number of data centres that will be able to deploy AI to a level where it will effectively be able to represent a return . There seems little doubt that it seems to fit with the hyperscale operating model although not all hyperscale facilities in recent DCD research appear to have yet introduced it . Its penetration is likely to be lower among MTDCs and lower still among enterprise . While the case is made by some analysts that AI can be deployed at reasonable cost in older facilities , the question of whether the improved operation of dated or legacy environments may not simply throw into sharper relief their limited profile . However , the industry may reach the stage where the older and smaller facilities for which AI is not a realistic or affordable upgrade may not be facilities that are viable to operate anyway . •

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