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DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show

DatacenterDynamics

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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00:38:30

Episode 60 - Verizon on preparing its network for...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/07/25

During a natural disaster, networks often go down. This can massively impact rescue missions in some cases. The importance of network operators and the role they play in responding to unpredictable moments is something that should be highlighted.We spoke to Verizon to see how it prepares its response to hurricanes and tornados, and find out the level of training required to support its efforts.

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00:35:03

Episode 59 - Entering the cloud market as a new...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/07/15

With the cloud market already over-saturated, it is hard to imagine how a new company can make its mark. NexGen Cloud is seeking to do just that, with plans to build a sustainable cloud specializing in HPC and GPU infrastructure called "super cloud."We talk about how NexGen is going to achieve this, the steps taken thus far and why the company thinks it is a solid competitor for some of the bigger players.

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00:26:25

Episode 58 - Smarter energy and the future of...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/06/27

Sourcing adequate amounts of power to run new facilities is a problem that keeps even the most seasoned data center operators awake at night. Many are looking at new technologies such as battery storage to help meet their power demands, but ensuring these assets operate efficiently can be a challenge. Dublin-based GridBeyond thinks it can help by providing grid-connected battery technologies and management software to data centers and other clients across a range of industries. In this episode,

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00:43:42

Episode 57 - Precision cooling and political...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/06/13

With AI dramatically driving up density, data center cooling is getting much more interesting. Iceotope is one of the companies exploring the most efficient and sustainable way to cool down data centers - and their solution is precision cooling. On the face of it, precision cooling resembles immersion cooling - viscous liquid? Check. Bathtub-like container? Check. But as CEO David Craig explains, it is actually a far more efficient solution. Beyond the world of liquid cooling, we talk about

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00:33:42

Episode 56 - Mushroom recycling with Joanne...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/05/30

Mushrooms can be used to build more than just toad-stools. In this episode, Joanne Rodriguez, CEO at Mycocycle, talks about using mycelium to break down data center construction waste and make new construction materials. Listen in to this fung-guide to the future of waste management.

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00:44:52

Episode 55 - The half-life of nuclear data centers...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/05/16

Nuclear power may have its detractors, but amid a growing capacity crunch data center operators are becoming increasingly interested in whether atoms can provide the electrons needed to power tomorrow's high-density facilities.In this episode, Chris Lohse of the Idaho National Laboratory, talks about the recent innovations around nuclear power, the highs and lows of recent years, and what the future might hold for nuclear-powered data centers.

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01:00:34

Episode 54 - Industry-wide sustainability with John...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/05/02

Sustainability needs to be applied at all levels of the data center industry, and we are not doing enough, says John Booth of Carbon3IT. In this episode of Zero Downtime, we sit down with sustainability consultant John Booth to talk about how he got where he is in his career, and the fundamental sustainability issues that he is seeing in the data center industry. We also talk about a past trip to Belarus that proved more exciting than expected. Tune in now for the latest episode.

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00:19:55

Episode 53 - The UK data center market with Luisa...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/04/18

Bringing the L to FLAP-D, the UK has a prominent data center market. But like all other tier-one markets, London is struggling with space and power capacity. Because of this, the UK's data center industry will have to diversify, all while meeting increasingly regimented regulations. In this episode, we talk to trade association TechUK's Luisa Cardani about what the UK's data center industry is currently experiencing, from upcoming rules and regulations to emerging new markets, to the

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01:04:15

Episode 52 - Why Oxide rebuilt the rack from scratch

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/04/04

Oxide Computer has been rebuilding the rack. In this podcast, CTO Bryan Cantrill tells us why. The data center industry has been building its own infrastructure for years, with the wrong components. Servers weren't designed to be operated in data centers, and the 1U rack unit is the wrong size, because of simple science. Part of the success of the cloud is that it takes that integration away, and gives users an easily consumed set of virtual servers and elastic infrastructure. But it costs,

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00:28:36

Episode 51 - Make way for bigger hard drives with B S...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/03/14

Think hard drives have hit their storage limits, and should be replaced by solid-state units? You could be wrong. Hard drives have been holding our data for nearly 70 years since IBM created the 350, which stored something like 4 Mbyte on dozens of spinning disks in a unit the size of a washing machine. Today's devices are orders of magnitude better on every axis including price, capacity, size, and performance. But solid-state providers say it's time they moved over to make way for modern

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00:29:01

Episode 50 - The fundamentals of quantum computing...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/02/22

In this episode of Zero Downtime, we break down the fundamentals of quantum computing - the different approaches out there, the challenges to bringing it into a widespread commercial reality, and the potential use cases that quantum may help with.To help divulge this, we speak to QuEra's Yuval Boger who shares a little about the company's experience with the technology, including how we can go about deploying quantum computers inside data centers.

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00:39:45

Episode 49 - How CDNs quietly took over the Internet,...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/02/08

25 years ago, the first content delivery networks (CDNs) emerged, to solve a specific problem - how to make web pages load faster. More than two decades later, 72 percent of Internet content is delivered through CDNs. But the companies involved are still almost invisible - until something goes wrong. In 2021, in a series of outages, large numbers of unrelated websites all went out of action at the same time. It turned out that these sites had all come to rely on the same CDNs, effectively

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00:31:25

Episode 48 - How to face up to regulations, with...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/01/25

Europe has an Energy Efficiency Directive, Germany has an Energy Efficiency Act, and operators there can be fined for inefficiency. Meanwhile, Amsterdam has declared war on sleeping servers, and set limits on where facilities can be built. Across Europe, in response to congested electric grids and shortages of land, local governments are stepping in to regulate data centers. Sometimes they want them to be greener, sometimes they want them to be quieter, and sometimes they just want them somewhere

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00:37:29

Episode 47 - Hydrogen data centers get real, with...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2024/01/11

At the start of 2023, Yuval Bachar told us about his latest project - to build off-grid, hydrogen-powered data centers. As 2023 came to an end, he was back to tell us he'd done it. He's got 1MW of capacity fed by hydrogen in Mountain View California, and he's telling potential customers he can build the same thing anywhere you can get hydrogen shipped by pipe or tanker. He's keen on the benefits. No long waits for power distribution, no struggles getting permits for diesel. And the

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00:54:23

Episode 46 - Telecoms in troubling times with Ineke...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2023/12/14

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a CEO at a telecom company in a country that is at war?That’s been the reality on a couple of occasions for Ineke Botter, who has headed telecom companies in Kosovo and Lebanon. Her career has taken across Europe and beyond, spanning more than 30 years. She’s even worked in the data center industry too. Listen to find out more about Ineke’s incredible journey into telecoms.

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00:47:00

Episode 45 - Construction and resilience amid power...

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2023/11/30

The European data center market has a forecasted take-up of 440MW for 2023. But within the context of erratic power availability, moratoriums, and the need to move to renewable energy, the FLAP-D markets are facing several challenges. In this episode we talk to Neal Kalita about the obstacles facing those looking to build in Europe, and what the future holds for the region. Tune in for the conversation where we find the solution to keeping up with the pace of demand while prioritizing

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00:54:54

Episode 44 - Data centers going nuclear, with Tony...

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2023/11/16

Data centers need to be more sustainable, but finding consistent and powerful energy resources can be a challenge. Increasingly, we are seeing nuclear entering the conversation, in the form of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). But these aren't without their own controversies. In this episode, we talk with Compass Datacenters' Tony Grayson to discuss the future of SMRs, the challenges and opportunities, and the role we can expect them to play in the world of data centers.

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00:54:18

Episode 43 - Energy use and AI with Alex de Vries,...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2023/11/02

Artificial intelligence could grow from almost nothing to using half a percent of the world's electrical power within five years, according to Alex de Vries of Digiconomist. That's a crazy rate of growth, but it's not unprecedented. Bitcoin followed almost exactly the same trajectory, expanding from nothing to a sector whose energy use is comparable with that of regular data centers. But the similarities end there, says de Vries, who provided the reliable tracking data for the growth of

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00:58:34

Episode 42 - The irrepressible Bill Kleyman

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2023/10/19

We talk to Bill Kleyman, now at machine learning company Neu.ro, about his lengthy data center career. How did he get into the sector, what did he learn at Switch, and how does he balance life and travel? Tune in to find out.

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00:31:21

Episode 41 - Do data centers truly bring economic...

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show ·

2023/09/28

Data centers have outgrown their anonymity. They are large enough consumers of energy and space, that they have to enter the political landscape and justify their existence. But how do we know if a data really brings benefits to its location? In some places (like London), it appears that they soak up grid connection capacity and block housing projects. In others (like Denmark and Ireland) they use renewable energy and jeopardize local decarbonization targets. It's not easy to know the net

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