DVL Power Hour Podcast

Artificial Intelligence is most valuable at the edge where data can empower productivity and efficiency. From healthcare and manufacturing to enterprise and municipal environments, edge locations are where AI applications become real-time decisions, automation, and human capability. Yet, these environments were never designed for the level of demand they’re currently seeing. Traditionally constrai...

For this episode of the DVL Power Hour, we’ll welcome Stephen Stegall, Senior Project Manager at Georgia Transmission, whose project portfolio includes large and complex initiatives dedicated to data center interconnections. Drawing on his experiences, he’ll be walking us through how utilities scope, engineer, procure, construct, and commission the substations and transmission assets required to b...

As liquid cooling becomes an operational necessity it is the mechanical contractors and preconstruction teams who are tasked with turning blueprints into reality. We’ll be joined by Jason Gott, Preconstruction Manager at Murphy Company, as he reflects on the shift he’s seeing in real-world data center builds. We’ll also discuss rising heat densities, customer expectations, and the growing complexi...

In this 2025 "clip show", we take a look back at our top moments and lessons learned from this year's episodes. Here we showcase clips featuring the following guests: Jim Greene (Vertiv) Greg Stover (Vertiv) Mike Murray (Generac Industrial Energy) Tim Pulliam (Generac) Anthony Menicucci, PhD, (University of New Mexico, Sandia National Labs) Jason Gott (Murphy Company) Josh Hunt (DVL...

Join us when we welcome Anthony Menicucci, PhD, Consulting Engineer at Sandia National Labs, to discuss "FLOPS" Total Usage Effectiveness, also known as "FTUE". Dr. Menicucci is one of the creators of this new energy usage metric, which is a basis to assess computing energy usage efficiency relative to cooling power usage - specific to data centers using high-performance comput...

As electric vehicle adoption accelerates, the demand for reliable high-performance charging solutions is greater than ever. Businesses, commercial properties, and fleet operators need solutions that can handle high-traffic, multi-vehicle fast charging without compromising efficiency or reliability. Join us as we unveil the DVL end-to-end Commercial EV Charging solution, integrating the equipment y...

With rising power demands and increasing strain on the US power grid, commercial and industrial facilities face unprecedented energy challenges to their operations. Microgrids offer a smarter, more resilient solution, providing energy independence, cost savings, and enhanced reliability. Join us as we sit down with Mike Murray, Director of Microgrid Solutions at Generac Industrial Energy. We’ll be...

While much is being said about liquid cooling’s rise in popularity thanks to AI’s unprecedented rack densities, power management is an equally important part of the equation. As we welcome to the Power Hour Webinar, Jim Greene, Director of AC Power Technical Sales at Vertiv, we’ll examine the impacts AI has on power across your critical infrastructure, including why mechanical loads now require th...

Join us, to hear Bill Kleyman, one of the industry’s most trusted leaders, discuss this critical ecosystem and how to implement it in today’s data centers. With more than two decades of experience, Bill has done it all, including managing networks, running data centers, leading strategy and innovation; to currently being the voice for AFCOM and Data Center World, along with starting his own AI com...

In today's world of industrial and manufacturing settings, many environments have hurdles that inhibit flexibility of power management, while also decreasing the potential for growth. Overcoming these challenges and distributing power throughout your facility maximizes operations by allowing you to reconfigure equipment and workflows. To do this, you need a flexible power distribution system...

This episode of the DVL Power Hour podcast is made up of select audio clips from an in-person event that took place in Denver, CO, on June 11, 2024, as part of Vertiv’s AI Solutions Innovative Roadshow. The speakers you’ll hear showcased are all data center professionals who work for Vertiv, each with more than two decades of experience dealing with the complex challenges of this landscape.  You’l...

As power grids around the country continue to be stressed, it’s time for infrastructure teams to consider new methodologies to confidently energize their facilities. Picture a future where electricity isn't just distributed from centralized grids but generated and managed locally. Welcome to the world of microgrids, battery energy storage systems, and electronic isolation and controls. We&apo...

If you’re designing a data center, this means you’re going to have more than your fair share of variables and challenges to juggle. For starters, an increasing need to accommodate Artificial Intelligence (and other High Performance Compute applications) while also meeting efficiency goals, as well as a host of new challenges that come from construction advancing into urban spaces. No one understan...

Today, data center operators are preparing for heat densities that demand 20x the capacity of what they were just a few years ago. With this type of massive increase becoming the norm, you’d be remiss if you didn’t question what technology will effectively and efficiently cool your critical operations in the near future. In this DVL Power Hour webinar, we’ll be joined by Dr. Richard Bonner of Acce...

As digital demands continue to rise, so does the growth of data centers worldwide. With new construction, expansion of facilities, and companies and applications migrating to the cloud, the need for more data center space has never been greater. But, as anyone familiar with logistics and facilities knows, before you can even pick up a shovel, there’s a mountain of legal paperwork to overcome. In t...

Ensuring your data center operates without any issues takes a team of vastly experienced leaders who know to prioritize efficiency and safety. In this webinar, we’ll be joined by EdgeCore Data Centers’ team of operations leaders, led by Therese Kerfoot, SVP Operations, as they discuss experiences from Silicon Valley to Ashburn, Virginia. Also on the agenda are their commitments to safety, sustaina...

In this DVL Power Hour, we sit down with Jack Pouchet of Natron Energy to discuss best practices for defining efficiency and sustainability goals, aligning the organization for success, implementing short-and-long term action plans, and measuring across initiatives to understand the successes, learning opportunities, and overall impacts of your sustainability initiatives.   “Efficiency” and “susta...

Ever since 2006, DVL Group has been an employee owned company, and since then, our status as an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) has been a large part of our identity. With October being National Employee Ownership Month, the DVL Power Hour is thrilled to celebrate by hosting our first webinar dedicated to employee ownership. We’re excited to welcome Dani Green and Kate Johnson, two employee o...

From natural disasters to your "run-of-the-mill" power outages, commercial and industrial facilities face challenges of many types that threaten the stability of their operations.  Luckily, technology continues to evolve providing answers to the big question of "how can I keep my power on in these trying times?"  Including the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) from Generac I...

From its original inception as an “Apparatus for Maintaining An Unfailing and Uninterrupted Supply of Electrical Energy”, as the actual 1934 patent refers to it, the evolution of what is now the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), continues to this day. This equipment is more than just back-up power and surge protection. It has become an important variable in the critical infrastructure equation t...

Managing IT Networks is filled with challenges. From the core to the edge, operational demands require your infrastructure to continually support “more”.  More compute power, more kVA, more heat density… and more efficiently. While the footprints of IT closets are getting smaller, challenges in these spaces continue to get bigger.   Join us for a conversation with Ryan Gruver, IT Director with Ban...

Terms that have been limited to "ideological" status in the data center landscape for the past 10+ years are finally becoming a part of operational reality. Increasing rack density. High density computing. Liquid cooling. Recent catalysts for this change include the pandemic (with a shift to more at-home networking requirements), IoT, cryptocurrency, and lest we forget: Artificial Intell...

Join us as we sit down with Benjamin Mitten (VP of Operations, TierPoint) to discuss: •  The nitty gritty details of building and fortifying data centers in 2023 •  Customer concerns, challenges, and objectives for data center providers •  Sustainability  (and what this means today, tomorrow, and years down the road) •  Building technical teams when candidate pools are more shallow than ever •  An...

Data Centers, large and small, are finicky facilities that require quality power, cool temperatures, and clean physical environments. In this webinar, we'll be focusing on the latter, and discussing how contamination control can impact uptime and reliability. These demands become even more challenging as your data center evolves into a larger or more unique space with even more variables and...

Melissa Reali-Elliott's, whose perspectives have enlightened critical infrastructure leaders around the globe, will join us for this webinar. She is a contributing author to "Greener Data", a book which asks how we can work together to get our data greener. The Data Center landscape is an increasingly vital part of societal infrastructure, and we'll be covering the topics that...