Tech Disruptors Intersect Power and AI Data-Center Scaling
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Jul 1, 2025 Sheldon Kimber, CEO and co-founder of Intersect Power, discusses the fusion of renewable energy with AI data centers. He emphasizes the crucial need for innovation in the power sector, often seen as stagnant. Kimber explores the importance of strategic partnerships to overcome capacity challenges and meet the demands of scaling AI technologies. He also highlights the potential of nuclear energy and renewables working together while advocating for U.S.-based AI initiatives and domestic operations to drive innovation.
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Intersect's Disruptive Power Model
- Intersect Power disrupts the stagnant electric power sector by co-locating generation and load, bypassing the broken grid.
- Their digital power solution integrates wind, solar, batteries, and gas to provide reliable, green power for AI data centers.
Run Lean and Efficient Teams
- Keep infrastructure teams lean and efficient by focusing only on the largest and most impactful projects.
- Leverage partnerships for engineering and construction to scale without bloating staff.
Chip Architecture Shapes Data Centers
- Physical data center architecture and power distribution will be shaped by the chip architectures chosen by hyperscalers.
- Different chip types like GPUs and TPUs will define power needs and infrastructure designs.