DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show
by DatacenterDynamics
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Episode 114 - Bringing AI to academia with Stephan Fabel, ThisWay…
Episode 114 - Bringing AI to academia with Stephan Fabel, ThisWay…
About this podcast
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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- Episode 114 - Bringing AI to academia with Stephan Fabel, ThisWay Global · 32 minAcademic institutions and research facilities have long turned to HPC for research purposes, but today they are increasingly seeking AI capacity to further their exploits. While…
- Episode 113 - Sustainability in the UK with Arka Chanda, Centre for Economic Transition Expertise at LSE · 24 minDCD talks to Arka Chanda, an associate at the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise based at the London School of Economics. Arka was one of several experts who spoke at the…
- Episode 112 - Talking towers with Bernard Borghei, Connected Infra Group · 36 minAfter a short break, Bernard Borghei is back in the tower industry with his latest venture, Connected Infra Group. Borghei tells DCD about the company’s plans to expand its tower…
- Episode 111 - A clean energy future for data centers with Tim Foster, Conrad Energy · 35 minRenewable energy deployments across the UK are expanding significantly. In this episode, DCD speaks to Tim Foster, director of energy for business at Conrad Energy, about the…
- Episode 110 - Orchestrating AI with Wannie Park, Pado AI · 25 minDCD speaks to Pado AI about how it uses AI and machine learning to help data centers orchestrate compute workloads and manage power usage more efficiently.
- Episode 109 - Organizing opposition to data centers in the US with Amanda Gardcia, Southern Environmental Law Center · 27 minAs data centers continue to spring up across the US, opposition to them has grown in intensity and breadth. We talk to Amanda Garcia, an attorney who leads the Southern…
- Episode 108 - Networks of the future with David Rothenstein, Ciena · 35 minDCD speaks with David Rothenstein, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Ciena, about how the company plans to support the demands for AI infrastructure…
- Episode 107 - Telehouse talks EMEA with Paul Lewis and Mark Pestridge · 30 minIn this episode, DCD sits down with Mark Pestridge and Paul Lewis to talk about Telehouse's EMEA strategy following the company's senior leadership reshuffle. We discuss…
- Episode 106 - Rewiring the grid with Marissa Hummon, Utilidata · 26 minDCD speaks to Marissa Hummon, CTO of Utilidata, about the company's Karman platform and its potential implications for the data center market.
- Bonus episode - What should the data center industry expect from the next UK Prime Minister? With Kao Data CEO Spencer Lamb · 35 minWith today's announcement that he is resigning, we look at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's data center legacy. Talking to Kao Data CEO Spencer Lamb, we look at the impact (or…
- Episode 105 - Using AI to build AI, with James Stirrat-Ellis of Build · 38 minData center site selection is a crucial step in the construction process, and picking the right piece of land can be the difference between a project succeeding and failing. For…
- Episode 104 - Re-introducing SDx, with senior editor Ben Wodecki · 38 minDid you know that DCD has a sister publication? In April 2025, DCD acquired networking publication SDx, and with it now having been part of the InfraX family for a year, we…
- Episode 103 - Networking at hyperscale with Pradeep Vincent, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure · 29 minIt can seem like GPUs get all the headlines when it comes to AI workloads, but there are a lot more challenges when it comes to handling massive training jobs. We talk to Pradeep…
- Bonus episode - The telco build out with Patrick Halley, Wireless Infrastructure Association · 37 minDCD catches up with Patrick Halley, president and CEO, Wireless Infrastructure Association, to discuss the requirements of the telecommunications industry’s infrastructure…
- Episode 102 - The training to inference passageway with Sumti Jairath, SambaNova · 42 minWith the AI industry fueling a shift away from training and towards inference, and claiming agentic AI as its next frontier, the need for hardware to support workloads that…
- Episode 101 - Unpacking clean energy procurement with Nayel Brihi, BloombergNEF · 30 minDCD speaks to Nayel Brihi, corporate energy analyst at BloombergNEF, about the state of energy procurement over the past year.
- Episode 100 - It's good being Mr Wonderful, with Kevin O'Leary · 31 minIt is the 100th episode of Zero Downtime! Before we get into the episode, a huge thank you to all of our listeners - new and those who have been with us since the beginning. In…
- Episode 99 - A hyperscale competition with Damien Lucas, Scaleway · 29 minIn this episode of Zero Downtime, we talk with Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway, about the European cloud computing market and whether it is possible to compete with the US…
- Bonus episode - Can enhanced geothermal power the AI boom? With Cindy Taff, Sage Geosystems · 28 minDCD sits down with the CEO of Sage Geosystems, Cindy Taff, to talk all things enhanced geothermal, and how the technology could power the data centers of tomorrow.
- Episode 98 - Insuring uptime with Jonathon Hatzor, Parametrix · 32 minThat data centers need insurance goes without saying. Any commercial building will typically be insured against standard damages and risks, but data centers are far more…
