US Patent 10164901 Intelligent data center selection

In embodiments, a data center selection system can select a chosen data center (DC) for an order submitted to a cloud computing system using a preprocessing layer and a rules engine that incorporates action/algorithm-based selection using data center metrics to determine the chosen DC. In various embodiments, the data center selection system retrieves order information, objectives, rules, algorithms, and other data defined by an administrator. The data center selection system can then retrieve data center information aggregated from various data centers. Using order information received from an order management system, the data center selection system can utilizes the preprocessing layer, the rules engine, and the algorithm-based selection to select the chosen DC. The data center selection system can send an order request to the chosen DC in which to provision services for the order request.