India, Sept. 15 -- In the era of cloud adoption and AI, the demand for data center bandwidth has skyrocketed, leading to the exponential sprawl of data centers worldwide. However, new data centers are running up against sustainability, space, and budget constraints. Policymakers recognize the benefits of data centers to productivity, economic growth, and research, but there is still a tension over their impact on local communities, water, and electricity use. The best solution is in optimizing the data center infrastructure we have already to unlock more performance while still being mindful of the limits we have.

Our cities, our consumer products, and our world are going to become more digital, and we need more compute to keep up. Optim...