NeuroScaler: Towards Energy-Optimal Autoscaling for Container-Based Services

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Main Authors: Chaves, Alisson O., Moreira, Rodrigo, Moreira, Larissa F. Rodrigues, Correia, Joao, Santos, David, Silva, Rui, Barros, Tiago, Corujo, Daniel, Rocha, Miguel, Silva, Flavio de Oliveira
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author Chaves, Alisson O.
Moreira, Rodrigo
Moreira, Larissa F. Rodrigues
Correia, Joao
Santos, David
Silva, Rui
Barros, Tiago
Corujo, Daniel
Rocha, Miguel
Silva, Flavio de Oliveira
author_facet Chaves, Alisson O.
Moreira, Rodrigo
Moreira, Larissa F. Rodrigues
Correia, Joao
Santos, David
Silva, Rui
Barros, Tiago
Corujo, Daniel
Rocha, Miguel
Silva, Flavio de Oliveira
contents Future networks must meet stringent requirements while operating within tight energy and carbon constraints. Current autoscaling mechanisms remain workload-centric and infrastructure-siloed, and are largely unaware of their environmental impact. We present NeuroScaler, an AI-native, energy-efficient, and carbon-aware orchestrator for green cloud and edge networks. NeuroScaler aggregates multi-tier telemetry, from Power Distribution Units (PDUs) through bare-metal servers to virtualized infrastructure with containers managed by Kubernetes, using distinct energy and computing metrics at each tier. It supports several machine learning pipelines that link load, performance, and power. Within this unified observability layer, a model-predictive control policy optimizes energy use while meeting service-level objectives. In a real testbed with production-grade servers supporting real services, NeuroScaler reduces energy consumption by 34.68% compared to the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) while maintaining target latency.
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spellingShingle NeuroScaler: Towards Energy-Optimal Autoscaling for Container-Based Services
Chaves, Alisson O.
Moreira, Rodrigo
Moreira, Larissa F. Rodrigues
Correia, Joao
Santos, David
Silva, Rui
Barros, Tiago
Corujo, Daniel
Rocha, Miguel
Silva, Flavio de Oliveira
Networking and Internet Architecture
Future networks must meet stringent requirements while operating within tight energy and carbon constraints. Current autoscaling mechanisms remain workload-centric and infrastructure-siloed, and are largely unaware of their environmental impact. We present NeuroScaler, an AI-native, energy-efficient, and carbon-aware orchestrator for green cloud and edge networks. NeuroScaler aggregates multi-tier telemetry, from Power Distribution Units (PDUs) through bare-metal servers to virtualized infrastructure with containers managed by Kubernetes, using distinct energy and computing metrics at each tier. It supports several machine learning pipelines that link load, performance, and power. Within this unified observability layer, a model-predictive control policy optimizes energy use while meeting service-level objectives. In a real testbed with production-grade servers supporting real services, NeuroScaler reduces energy consumption by 34.68% compared to the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) while maintaining target latency.
title NeuroScaler: Towards Energy-Optimal Autoscaling for Container-Based Services
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08191