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Microsoft uses AI to boost its reuse, recycling of server parts
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Get ready to hear the term 'circular' a lot more in reference to data center gear.
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Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence to the task of sorting through millions of servers to determine what can be recycled and where.
The new initiative calls for the building of so-called Circular Centers at Microsoft data centers around the world, where AI algorithms will be used to sort through parts from decommissioned servers or other hardware and figure out which parts can be reused on the campus.
**READ MORE:** [How to decommission a data center][1]
Microsoft says it has more than three million servers and related hardware in its data centers, and that a server's average lifespan is about five years. Plus, Microsoft is expanding globally, so its server numbers should increase.
Circular Centers are all about quickly sorting through the inventory rather than tying up overworked staff. Microsoft plans to increase its reuse of server parts by 90% by 2025. "Using machine learning, we will process servers and hardware that are being decommissioned onsite," wrote Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, in a [blog post][2] announcing the initiative. "We'll sort the pieces that can be reused and repurposed by us, our customers, or sold."
Smith notes that today there is no consistent data about the quantity, quality and type of waste, where it is generated, and where it goes. Data about construction and demolition waste, for example, is inconsistent and needs a standardized methodology, better transparency and higher quality.
"Without more accurate data, it's nearly impossible to understand the impact of operational decisions, what goals to set, and how to assess progress, as well as an industry standard for waste footprint methodology," he wrote.
A Circular Center pilot in an Amsterdam data center reduced downtime and increased the availability of server and network parts for its own reuse and buy-back by suppliers, according to Microsoft. It also reduced the cost of transporting and shipping servers and hardware to processing facilities, which lowered carbon emissions.
The term "circular economy" is catching on in tech. It's based on recycling of server hardware, putting equipment that is a few years old but still quite usable back in service somewhere else. ITRenew, a reseller of used hyperscaler servers [that I profiled][3] a few months back, is big on the term.
The first Microsoft Circular Centers will be built at new, major data-center campuses or regions, the company says. It plans to eventually add these centers to campuses that already exist.
Microsoft has an expressed goal of being "carbon negative" by 2030, and this is just one of several projects. Recently Microsoft announced it had conducted a test at its system developer's lab in Salt Lake City where a 250kW hydrogen fuel cell system powered a row of server racks for 48 hours straight, something the company says has never been done before.
"It is the largest computer backup power system that we know that is running on hydrogen and it has run the longest continuous test," Mark Monroe, a principal infrastructure engineer, wrote in a Microsoft [blog post][4]. He says hydrogen fuel cells have plummeted so much in recent years that they are now a viable alternative to diesel-powered backup generators but much cleaner burning.
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[1]: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3439917/how-to-decommission-a-data-center.html
[2]: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/08/04/microsoft-direct-operations-products-and-packaging-to-be-zero-waste-by-2030/
[3]: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3543810/for-sale-used-low-mileage-hyperscaler-servers.html
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微软利用 AI 提升服务器部件的重复使用和回收
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准备好在提到数据中心设备时，听到更多的"循环"一词。
微软正在将人工智能引入到对数百万台服务器进行分类的任务中，以确定哪些部件可以回收，在哪里回收。
新计划要求在微软全球各地的数据中心建立所谓的循环中心，在那里，人工智能算法将用于从退役的服务器或其他硬件中分拣零件，并找出哪些零件可以在园区内重新使用。
微软表示，它的数据中心有超过 300 万台服务器和相关硬件，一台服务器的平均寿命约为 5 年。另外，微软正在全球范围内扩张，所以其服务器数量应该会增加。
循环中心就是要快速整理库存，而不是让过度劳累的员工疲于奔命。微软计划到 2025 年将服务器部件的重复使用率提高 90%。微软总裁 Brad Smith 在宣布这一举措的一篇[博客][2]中写道：“利用机器学习，我们将对退役的服务器和硬件进行现场处理。我们会将那些可以被我们以及客户重复使用和再利用的部件进行分类，或者出售。“
Smith 指出，如今，关于废物的数量、质量和类型，以及废物的产生地和去向，都没有一致的数据。例如，关于建造和拆除废物的数据并不一致，我们要一个标准化的方法，有更好的透明度和更高的质量。
他写道：”如果没有更准确的数据，几乎不可能了解运营决策的影响，设定什么目标，如何评估进展，以及废物去向方法的行业标准“。
根据微软的说法，阿姆斯特丹数据中心的一个试点循环中心减少了停机时间，并增加了服务器和网络部件的可用性，供其自身再利用和供应商回购。它还降低了将服务器和硬件运输到处理设施的成本，从而降低了碳排放。
”循环经济“一词正在科技界流行。它是基于服务器硬件的循环利用，将那些已经使用了几年但仍可用的设备重新投入到其他地方服务。ITRenew 是[我在几个月前介绍过][3]的一家二手超大规模服务器的转售商，它对这个词很感兴趣。
该公司表示，首批微软循环中心将建在新的主要数据中心园区或地区。它计划最终将这些中心添加到已经存在的园区中。
微软曾明确表示要在 2030 年之前实现”碳负排放“，而这只是几个项目之一。近日，微软宣布在其位于盐湖城的系统开发者实验室进行了一项测试，用一套 250kW 的氢燃料电池系统为一排服务器机架连续供电 48 小时，微软表示这是以前从未做过的事情。
微软首席基础设施工程师 Mark Monroe 在一篇[博客][4]中写道：”这是我们所知道的最大的以氢气运行的计算机备用电源系统，而且它的连续测试时间最长。“他说，近年来氢燃料电池的价格大幅下降，现在已经成为柴油发电机的可行替代品，但燃烧更清洁。
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[3]: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3543810/for-sale-used-low-mileage-hyperscaler-servers.html
[4]: https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/hydrogen-datacenters/
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