The Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) is working with Dubai-based automation solutions company Pacific Control Systems to develop a dedicated cloud computing laboratory that will focus on solutions for the construction industry.

 

The laboratory will be housed at the university’s campus.

 

The center will focus on enhanced virtual software services to support efficient energy and facility management in buildings and infrastructure.

 

Pacific Controls CEO Dilip Rahulan said Gbots developed by Pacific Controls will be used as part of the virtual service he said could ‘revolutionize’ the managed services space for the construction industry.

 

"GBots are the new paradigm for the virtualization of managed services. The intelligent, autonomous, selflearning software agents will be deployed across networks for diverse automated services," Rahulen said in an earlier interview. 

 

"This ground breaking remote infrastructure and energy management technology from Pacific Controls offers the world the opportunity to save as much as 50% in energy costs."

 

Pacific Control’s team will also receive training at the laboratory, Austria’s largest scientific and technical research and educational institution.

 

Pacific Control is currently building what is thought to be the largest data center in the Middle East, covering 60,000 sq ft of computing space at a cost of US$85m.