PoCo: Joint Optimization of Power and Cooling for Low-Carbon CCHP-Integrated Data Centers

The recent explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) applications has sharply increased the energy consumption and carbon emissions of data centers. Conventional energy-saving strategies often regulate power and cooling subsystems separately, resulting in inefficiencies and overlooking lifecycle carbon impacts. To address this issue, this article proposes PoCo, a deep reinforcement learning-based framework for the joint optimization of power generation and cooling control in combined cooling, heating, and…