Tyler Norris says regulators have been getting two different stories. On one side, they’ve been hearing that data centers are largely inflexible loads. On the other, last year the U.S. Department of Energy recommended data center flexibility, and EPRI launched its DCFlex initiative to demonstrate the same.
So he and a few other researchers wanted to know, ... Show More
Yesterday
How Base Power plans to use its fresh $1B
Yesterday, Base Power announced a $1 billion series C, giving the residential battery company an eye-popping $4 billion post-money valuation. Base manufactures, installs, owns, and operates residential batteries — a vertical integration strategy that CEO Zach Dell says is the “ma ... Show More
39m 51s
Apr 2023
2344: Cloudera: Moving Beyond Big Data to Hybrid Data Mastery
I sit down with Chris Royles, EMEA Field CTO at Cloudera, to discuss the evolution of Big Data and why hybrid data is the next challenge for businesses to tackle. In this episode, we explore how the term 'Big Data' has become dated and how the rapid rise of hybrid data has shifte ... Show More
39m 54s
Aug 2024
The extraordinary resurgence of concentrated solar power
Complex, outdated, expensive: concentrating solar power used to be a clunky way of harnessing the sun. What’s changed to now make it viable? Concentrating Solar Power, or CSP, takes energy from the sun, converts it to heat, and uses it to drive a turbine to provide renewable elec ... Show More
56m 46s
Jan 2025
3164: Breaking Data Silos: How Hammerspace is Powering AI Storage and Hybrid Cloud
As part of the IT Press Tour in Silicon Valley, I had the opportunity to sit down with David Flynn, CEO of Hammerspace, to explore how the company is redefining the future of enterprise data storage. At a time when AI-driven workloads and hybrid cloud computing are pushing storag ... Show More
24m 26s
Sep 9
Leading across technical domains, strategic deep-dives & applying your skills in new industries w/ Simone Kalmakis #231
How do you apply your leadership skills to a new, mission-driven industry and effectively lead teams across multiple technical domains? In this episode, Simone Kalmakis (VPE @ Viam) shares her playbook for successfully transitioning between industries from health-tech and climate ... Show More
43m 17s
Oct 6
James van Geelen on the Next Phase of the AI Buildout
Money has been flowing into the AI space, with billions pouring into GPU clusters, data centers, gas turbines, and the infrastructure needed to train and deploy bigger and bigger models. So what comes next? On this episode, we speak with James van Geelen, founder of Citrini Resea ... Show More
38m 38s