Bonus Episode - How AI changed the regional Edge game with Tesh Durvasula, AtlasEdge
AtlasEdge emerged in 2021 after Liberty Global and Digital Bridge combined their European assets to make an “Edge” data center player on the continent. Initially, the company targeted smaller data centers - previously positing 4-6MW as the largest it would deploy when talking to DCD, but things have changed. The world has changed. Durvasula was hired in May 2024 and has since been leading the company through the new era, one where it's embracing larger facilities that before, and that’s for one simple reason: AI. We discuss the changing strategy and what AtlasEdge looks like today.
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Episode 91 - A fast lane for data center grid connection with Amit Narayan, GridCARE
GridCARE is utilizing AI to identify hidden capacity on the grid, enabling significantly faster connection times for data centers. We speak to its CEO - Amit Narayan - to find out how.
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Episode 90 - The financial side of data centers, with Julie Brewer, EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure
There is plenty of talk about power and land availability, but another hurdle to data center growth and development is capital. In this episode, we talk to Julie Brewer, EdgeCore’s EVP of finance, about the different ways data center developers and operators can secure funding - be it through equity or debt. In addition, we discuss how Brewer’s experience of secure funding has varied between her roles, from the retail colocation space, to hyperscaler properties.
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Bonus episode - Forming a cryptomining venture with Donald Trump's sons while pivoting to AI data centers with Asher Genoot, Hut8
The price of Bitcoin might be higher than ever, but that isn’t stopping companies from pivoting to hosting AI and HPC infrastructure as well as cryptomining rigs.In this episode of DCD>Zero Downtime, Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot talks about the company’s pivot away from mining cryptocurrencies to become a data center provider for both the crypto and AI sectors, and how to create a base facility design that can tailor to both worlds.He also talks about the American Bitcoin venture the company has formed with Eric and Donald Trump Junior, and what the sons of the US president are like to work with.
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Episode 89 - Can we power data centers behind the meter via clean power? With Alex Goodall, Xela Energy
DCD sits down with Alex Goodall, CEO of Xela Energy, to discuss the company’s rebrand from Clean Energy Capital, and how it aims to deliver behind-the-meter renewable power to the UK’s data center market.
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DCD Zero Downtime is DCD's editorially-led podcast. In each episode, our editorial team will be talking with leading members of the data center and digital infrastructure community, delving deeper into the future of the industry and its major challenges.
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