Full Circle with Danny Quinn

The Full Circle is a podcast about data centres, AI and emerging disruptive technologies, and what they mean for Scotland, the UK and the people on the receiving end.

I am Danny Quinn. I build AI data centres and data-sovereign cloud and AI services in Scotland for a living, so I’m not a neutral observer. That’s the point. Most of the conversation about this industry happens in two rooms that never meet: the people building it and the people worried about it. This show puts them at the same table.

Who is on it? Engineers and scientists who can explain how the kit actually works. Founders and company owners building AI products. Economists and investors following the money. Climate campaigners and sceptics who think the whole thing is a mistake. Councillors, MSPs and MPs who have to make decisions about it. Teachers, small business owners and local people who live next to it.

What we cover. The technical questions: power, grid connections, water, cooling, chips, GPUs, sovereign cloud, and the emerging disruptive technologies behind it all and what they can and can’t do. The economic questions: jobs, investment, supply chains, who pays and who benefits. The social and political questions: planning, communities, regulation, data sovereignty, trust. The ethical questions: what AI should be used for, who decides, and what we lose if we get it wrong.

The Full Circle is powered by DataVita. The podcast is independent of DataVita’s business, and the views expressed are those of the host and guests alone.