Abstract: Disclosed is a controller and associated methods for proactively and predictively managing temperature and energy usage of different system processors running different workloads. The controller receives telemetry data from a particular processor. The controller deploys a workload to the particular processor and configures dynamic thresholds for the particular processor based on the telemetry data identifying a threshold temperature at which the particular processor is throttled. The dynamic thresholds restrict the particular processor to an upper frequency that is less than the maximum frequency supported by the particular processor and that avoids reaching the threshold temperature. The controller shifts the workload from used cores of the particular processor to under-utilized or unused cores of the particular processor in response to a temperature of the particular processor violating a dynamic threshold of the dynamic thresholds.