In a recently published blog post, tech giant Google has revealed that the superior intelligence of DeepMind neural network has been effectively tapped by the company to find ways in which the energy used in its data centers – which comprise nearly 40 percent of the worldwide Internet – can be vastly reduced.

The DeepMind neural network owes its origin to London-based artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepMind, which was acquired by Google in 2014. The neural network is inspired by the human central nervous system which is capable of solving complex tasks by actively learning about an environment.

About the use of DeepMind neural network’s superior intelligence to bring about a substantial reduction in the energy used in Google data centers, Google said in the blog post that the achievement will be of immense help to other companies running on Google's cloud to become more energy efficient.

In touting the benefits of tapping into the DeepMind neural network to improve the energy efficiency of its data centers, Google said: "While Google is only one of many data center operators in the world, many are not powered by renewable energy as we are."

Further revealing that the company uses renewable energy to meet 35 percent of its power needs, Google said that it eventually aims to use 100 percent renewable energy to power its data centers.