UII UPDATE 502 | JUNE 2026
Intelligence Update

Vendors are unreasonably optimistic about AI in operations

17 Jun 2026
4 min read

For more than a decade, the data center management software landscape remained static. There were a few, clearly defined product categories and use cases, with relatively well-understood functionality, delivered by established vendors. This started to change in 2023, as AI began to make its way into enterprise software.

First came the expansion in the number of products that use AI for dynamic cooling optimization (see Data center management software is evolving — at last). But the conversation has progressed quickly from AI-based cooling controls that often rely on older machine learning technologies.

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