RESEARCH ON DATA CENTER ARCHITECTURE WITH INTEGRATION OF IOT COMPONENTS FOR ENSURING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CYBER RESILIENCE
Надія Довженко, Yevhen Ivanichenko, Наталія Миколаївна Аушева, Yurii Shevchuk · Cybersecurity Education Science Technique · 2025
The implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies into data center (DC) infrastructures is a highly relevant topic amid the increasing volumes of processed information, rising energy consumption, and the development of cloud and AI-based services. The integration of IoT enables the design of multi-layered architectures comprising distributed sensor networks, edge computing, advanced analytics, and automated infrastructure management. This study analyzes a typical architecture, the role of key components (sensors, actuators, gateways, edge nodes), and summarizes the practical experience of leading companies in optimizing energy consumption and enhancing infrastructure resilience. It is demonstrated that the use of IoT components contributes to achieving significant performance improvements across key KPI metrics, including reduced mean time to detect and resolve deviations, improved energy efficiency, and enhanced anomaly detection accuracy. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of security threats within IoT-based DC infrastructures, including MQTT protocol vulnerabilities, lack of TLS encryption, open APIs, and other issues. The necessity of implementing a secure IoT architecture based on the security-by-design principle is emphasized, incorporating network segmentation, access control, and the use of advanced intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS). The obtained results confirm the potential of IoT applications in building flexible, energy-efficient, and cyber-resilient next-generation data centers.