![]() ![]() We’ve done a lot of innovation around looking how we can use augmented reality to help people with vision impairment to be able to detect in real time what’s around them. In Barcelona, they have one of the world’s HPC Cluster, and we were able to work with them to have the city as a customer. An example of this would be what we’ve done with the city of Barcelona. AI and setting up the consortiums aren’t easy, so we bring that experience of how to build these consortiums, how to invite research and technology partners, how to get universities involved. Typically, the data sets have all been American, Anglo-Saxon, or European and been looking for diseases that are not relevant here. Just like you do a PCR test, they want to eventually get to the place where they can do carrier tests for expectant parents to be able to look for these diseases that have been underrepresented in the region. There’s a disease called sickle cell anaemia, which is very specific to the Gulf community. When it comes to genetics and DNA testing, we have subject matter experts that are recognized globally that now through the consortium we can give access to help support building that capability locally. We have our AI innovators program and four labs around the world, which are purposely built to set up these consortiums, so lot of what we are bringing to them is access to those experts. In what ways will the collaboration between Lenovo and Al Hathboor Bikal.ai drive transformational change in citizen welfare and health? As we have very hot summers our region, every degree makes a difference. We would love to see all data centres using water cooling technology just cause it’s so much more efficient. Once one organization sees that water cooling technology works and it can solve problems, then more people will be willing to try it. It really can’t be underestimated how important that is. This culminates in sharing the vision of using water cooling technology, which is a first in the UAE. When we’re making the components, we make sure we use the minimal ones and we use the most energy efficient power supplies and remove anything that’s not required, so there was a lot of consideration taken throughout the process. The direct water cooling is a key element, but also what we are very proud of is when we engineer these systems from the ground up, we want to do it in a sustainable way. What makes the data centre at Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park unique in terms of sustainability and power source? Getting access to the data, making the right people be able to build the models and the intelligence will deliver naturally better citizen services and better safety for the whole world. Whether it’s from looking at how we can provide better child come outcomes, whether it be from how we can provide safety and security through making sure we understand problem intersections during school drop off times and all these sorts of things. Once we have the data, AI helps to solve those problems. We are also looking at how we can innovate to use the hot water to cool down the buildings. In addition, we’re even looking in the future to be able to use that waste energy from the water to use it for heating the water in the building. This will be the first direct water cooling HPC cluster, which means we’re using water as the cooling medium, which is much more energy efficient. By making this consortium, we’re going to be able to give access to that and we are proud of being able to do it in a green and sustainable way. There are three or four smart domain experts that have the great idea to solve the next problem, but they’ve never had access to the resources. The vision for the consortium is to offer this as a service, which means you don’t need the big capital and infrastructure cost up front if you are a university graduate or if you’re a startup, and what we typically find is that’s where innovation is really happening. How will the new HPC cluster provided by Lenovo and Al Hathboor Bikal.ai contribute to citizen safety and health?įirstly, one of the things we’re very excited about with this project is the sort of democratizing of access to HPC and AI. ![]() Veronica Martin caught up with Ashley Woodbridge, CTO Infrastructure Solutions Group Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at Lenovo to discuss how the new HPC cluster will contribute to citizen safety and health, in what ways their collaboration will drive transformational change and the key benefits of Lenovo’s AI-enabled infrastructure solutions.
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