Fujitsu will embark on a series of field trials together with Fujitsu Research Institute at its Yokohama Data Center, aiming to promote the digital transformation of data centers, boosting operational resilience and process automation by utilising private 5G network technology for equipment inspection. This verification trial, which will run from December 1, 2022 until March 17, 2023, was selected by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as one of its “Development Demonstrations Aimed at Achieving Challenge-Solving Local 5G in Fiscal 2022.”
The trial will involve the use of a robot equipped with a 4K camera to capture video data of equipment at the data center, including servers. This data will be transmitted locally by private 5G and a system will be established to analyse on-site conditions with AI to detect any abnormalities at an early stage. Fujitsu aims to create a system that can support the monitoring of conditions on the ground and recovery work even from a remote location in the event of a disaster or emergency by taking full advantage of the high-speed transmission capabilities of private 5G technology.
Fujitsu plans to utilise the knowledge gained from this trial to implement similar systems in its own data centers, and by providing the results of its efforts as a solution to other data center operators, contribute to the development of resilient social infrastructure that supports the Japanese government’s vision for a Digital Garden City Nation.
