About this podcast
Amid the constantly expanding data requirements of today’s society, Power & Responsibility takes a look at the key issues in the debate around data centre sustainability. Hosts Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to leading industry experts about renewable energy generation, power supply, energy efficiency, developing alternative energy carriers, water consumption, grid infrastructure, funding and investment, the pace of change, and the technology that is making it all possible? Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast – is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.
Episodes
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- OneSAFE · 17 min · Episode 20Everyone is a safety leader. In this episode of Power and Responsibility, Morgan Flanagan Creagh chats with Ian Griffin, EHS Lead at Echelon Data Centres, about OneSAFE, the…
- Water Usage: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly · 19 min · Episode 19Morgan Flanagan Creagh talks to Echelon's Sr. Vice President of Engineering, Andy Tolbert, to bust water-usage myths and break down the plain-English engineering behind…
- Fault Ride Through – How Data Centres can support the Grid · 14 min · Episode 18In the latest episode of Power and Responsibility, we explore Fault Ride Through (FRT) – a new approach to how large energy users respond to momentary disturbances on the…
- Tackling the Power Problem · 29 min · Episode 17With an increasing number of data centre operators generating power through onsite energy centres, Craig McKechnie talks to Cormac Nevin, head of Energy Systems at Echelon Data…
- Private Wires · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 16Host Craig McKechnie talks to Marcos Byrne, Senior Policy Analyst with Wind Energy Ireland, about the potential of private wires to support the national grid, facilitate the…
- Heart of the Community · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 15The GAA holds a special place in the heart of every community in Ireland – it's very much 'Where We All Belong' – and funding is vital for the great work it does. Gavin Weir…
- Bringing Offshore Online · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 14Ireland is committed to having 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 37GW by 2050. Wind energy is the most important renewable energy source for decarbonising our…
- A Brighter Future · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 13Conall Bolger, CEO of the Irish Solar Energy Association, joins host Craig McKechnie to explore the relationship between data centres and solar energy. Where does solar fit in…
- Space Age Cooling · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 12Dr Valeria Nico, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stokes Laboratories in the University of Limerick, joins the podcast to talk about her ground-breaking work on electronic liquid…
- The Energy Storage Ecosystem · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 11Craig McKechnie talks to Simon McCormick, Chief Technical Officer for Echelon Data Centres, about the energy challenges data centre operators are facing and the solutions they…
- Talking Technocentralism · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 10Dan Scarbrough, MD of Digital Infra Network, joins the pod to talk about the growing need to prioritise the information flowing through data centres, and why he believes…
- Local Heroes · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 9Peter Byrne, CEO of South Dublin Chamber, joins the pod to talk about the opportunities data centres provide for local business in Ireland and how they are contributing to…
- Connecting You! · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 8As the dataverse continues to grow exponentially to reach unprecedented quantities, the processing speeds in data centres need to increase to match them. We talk to Carlos Mora…
- As The Wind Blows · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 7Justin Moran, Director of External Affairs at Wind Energy Ireland, joins the pod to talk about the symbiotic relationship between data centres and wind energy – and how issues…
- The Story So Far... · 45 minWhat steps are data centres taking to reduce their carbon footprint and increase their sustainability? Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie take a quick gallop over the ground…
- Grid Citizenship · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 6Echelon Data Centres COO Graeme McWilliams joins the pod to talk about power supply issues, and how data centres – and their tenants – can become part of the solution by…
- Sustainability · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 5Do people really know what sustainability is? John MacNamara, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Bord na Móna, talks to Jeremy Probert about what sustainability means for business…
- Data Centres: Facts not Fiction · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 4'Data Centres use too much energy, are very inefficient, don't create jobs, and are the cause of large amounts of carbon emissions'. These are just a few of the accusations…
- The Future of Hydrogen – Hope not Hype · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 3Dr Rory Monaghan, Director of Energy Systems Engineering at NUI Galway, joins Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie to discuss Ireland’s incredible Green Hydrogen potential and how…
- Waste Not, Want Not – Biogas & Data Centres · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 2Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to Declan Murray, CEO of Biocore Environmental, about the role that biogas anaerobic digestion plants can play in converting farm waste…
