NTT Ltd., a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, announced its key technology predictions for 2024. The company predicts that AI adoption will grow exponentially, with 'Dark NOC' becoming a new term in the networking world. NTT Ltd. also foresees AI driving investment in more disruptive energy supplies for data center infrastructure, with typical data center racks consuming around six to eight kilowatts of electricity expected to double and triple in the coming years. The company also predicts that sustainability will become integral to all new tech solutions, optical networking will get closer to mainstream, IoT ecosystems will boost Private 5G and Edge adoption, and human skills will be essential for the uptake of AI. Lastly, the company expects that invisible clouds will start to go vertical, with industry-specific clouds delivering industry-centric use cases focused on business outcomes.