AI-Augmented Infrastructure Automation: Research Trends and Real-World Potential

Abstract

Infrastructure automation undergoes fundamental change through artificial intelligence adoption. Whatstarted as declarative provisioning using Terraform and Kubernetes tools now evolves into self-improvinginfrastructure layers where AI guides operational choices. Recent work in reinforcement learning,anomaly forecasting, and intent-based coordination shows how AI modifies capacity on the fly, predicts breakdowns, and optimizes