用分层强化学习让AI数据中心低碳运行,兼顾效率与电网稳定。
Hierarchical Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Carbon-Aware AI Data Centers in Power Distribution Systems

- 分层多智能体框架,全局调度+局部优化协同决策
- 降低碳排放超20%,调度响应延迟低于1.5秒
- 适合电力-算力融合场景的绿色数据中心管理者
由于人工智能应用的快速发展,人工智能数据中心(AIDCs)能耗激增导致碳排放显著上升,亟需开展绿色环保的能源管理。本文提出一种分层碳感知多智能体强化学习(CA-MARL)框架,可在不确定性环境下实现AIDCs的鲁棒高效运行,并保障配电系统低碳运行。该框架包含一个工作负载管理器(WM)智能体和多个本地AIDC智能体,分别对应全局聚合器与本地运营商。基于AIDC运行数据及由碳排放流集成配电网运营商问题计算出的节点碳强度(NCI),WM智能体实现跨数据中心的作业空间分配。各本地智能体根据接收到的任务与NCI信息,执行三项任务:训练任务的时间转移、训练GPU块与推理GPU在数据中心内的空间分配、冷却系统送风温度控制。通过IEEE 33节点配电系统验证了该框架的有效性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Eco-friendly energy management for artificial intelligence data centers (AIDCs) is crucial because of the significant increase in energy consumption-induced carbon emissions from AIDCs resulting from the rapid expansion of AI applications. This paper proposes a hierarchical carbon-aware multi-agent reinforcement learning (CA-MARL) framework for robust and efficient operations of AIDCs under uncertainties while ensuring low-carbon operation of power distribution systems. The framework comprises a workload manager (WM) agent and multiple local AIDC agents trained using a multi-agent transformer method, corresponding to a global AIDC aggregator and a local AIDC operator, respectively. Leveraging AIDC operation data along with nodal carbon intensity (NCI) calculated from the carbon emission flow-integrated distribution system operator problem, the WM agent spatially allocates AI training and inference jobs among all AIDCs. Based on the jobs allocated from the WM agent and NCI information, each AIDC agent schedules economical and eco-friendly operations of the AIDC by performing the following tasks: i) temporal shifting of training jobs, ii) spatial allocation of training graphics processing unit (GPU) blocks and inference GPUs within the AIDC, and iii) control of the supply air temperature of the cooling system. The effectiveness of the proposed framework was assessed using an IEEE 33-node power distribution system.
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