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cooling energy saved in DeepMind's 2016 live test of ML-recommended settings (≈15% of PUE overhead); its 2018 autonomous successor averaged ~30%

~40%observed

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ScopeDeepMind/Google 2016 live test; the 2018 autonomous system averaged ~30% after nine months (12% at launch)
As of2016
SourceDeepMind / Google · Results section: 40% cooling-energy reduction, equivalent to a 15% reduction in overall PUE overhead
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