Green Data Center Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Data center growth is facing widespread local and international backlash due to concerns about energy use, water consumption, noise, and land impacts, leading to moratoriums, tighter regulations, and zoning restrictions.   Faster delivery methods - preplanning and delivering shells helps even as designs and use details emerge later. Have a happy & healthy International Data Ce...

Send us Fan Mail Awards season 2025 AI progress and hurdles Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Data Center announcements - newly operational & new $B+ campuses Digital Twins with AI developing quickly BlackRock carbon capture to take aim at CO2 industrial emissions Data center Mythbusting: 24/7 generators; elec grid vampires; no jobs Golf steals more water than data centers (about 44 times more) in the U.S.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Sustainability: Water, Energy, & AI gold rush; cyclical economy & recycling DC Developments: Expansion everywhere - powered land becomes a project; NIMBY & regulatory push-back Technology Impacts: AI for AI, diverse IT hardware, and prepping for what is next with flexibility Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Meta DC in northeast LA: 4M sqft, infrastructure and build increases in a rural area AI testing of scripts for fun: good, better, best from the major brands Northern VA power demand up from 21GW to 40GW since July 2024 Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Awards season 2024: iMasons & DCD sustainability and environmental impact New AI data center design by AWS & new Meta AI data center in Louisiana  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Nuclear options to satiate power demand? Infrastructure Usage Effectiveness  The billion+ $$$ mergers and acquisitions continue Support the show

Send us Fan Mail AI power use comparisons Sage Geosystems & Meta make a deal for 150MW of geothermal energy Tract acquires 2k+ acres, 1.8GW near Phoenix, AZ AirTruck bidding at $13.5B (USD) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Tesla xAI data center in Memphis Reviewing Google's year-over-year sustainability efforts & report iMasons Climate Accord committee requests all vendors provide Scope 3 verified data AI benefits for sustainability, climate, energy and more.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Data center with liquid cooling... in a house Revisiting fuel cell viability as big, green hydrogen centers come online Why liquid cooling is still ramping up across the industry Achieving success in the data center industry Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A book recommendation: Data Center Handbook [Geng, et al.] Interviews & Resume preparation AI & power demand: paths ahead and lessons from NoVA AI in the data center Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail AI & data center cooling - ARPA-E initiatives Direct Current Power to support AI deployments Science Based Targets guidelines released for the building industry Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Powerhouse and AWS make moves and investments Meta deeper dive: Indiana site shows new design, OCP v3 rack, & AI Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 2023: AI changes the data center; Large developers & investments;  Sustainability surges 2024: AI improves itself; Sustainability as a Strategy (the new SaaS definition) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail AI boom Updates in the industry  Awards season 2023: DCD & iMasons Support the show

Send us Fan Mail iMasons awards DCD awards finalists Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments Water Usage Effectiveness Power & Grid Hardening Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 1 year of the Green Data Center Podcast RadiusDC and IPI Carbon counting discussion from JLL forum & iMasons  Fuel Cells - hydrogen & natural gas Power constraints in the major data center markets  Total data center industry market value - now to 2030 Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Twitter goes down in California heat wave; Recruiting the next generation Etherium finally switches over to Proof of Stake Support the show

Send us Fan Mail International Energy Agency on global data center energy use Economy, tech firms, and data center jobs Flexential in the news Data center growth Heat waves in the UK and California Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Touching on some of the developments in major markets, including Columbus Ohio, Northern Virginia, and Philadelphia area;  Data centers (racks) in space... truly lights out, hands off Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on the data halls (aka IT room, white space, red zone, etc.) and some of the different types and aspects for those who may not have walked through many data centers yet.   Data Center Cleaning Data Hall Commissioning  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail China Standard  Riot Blockchain makes more from power sales Latin America - Chile, Mexico  Dublin, Holland, Paris updates Chip shortage & secondary markets Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Compass Data Centers expansions in Italy & Northern Virginia;  Prince William County Digital Gateway;  Helen Energy in Helsinki reusing data center heat;  Existing data centers and your sustainability/decarbonization plan Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Highlights on a few Google challenges and successes Server component power increases will continue a steady rise Hydrogen fuel cells testing well at Microsoft - can it scale? Calling out Jim Chanos's short on data center REITS  Support the show