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Sera Tajima Podcast

The Dark Side of AI: The Data Center Energy Crisis

Nov 22, 2024
17:50

Sera is your host, Founder of ⁠The Craft⁠, Principle Designer & Climate Investor. Today we do a dive into data centers, energy consumption, renewables, water, and nuclear energy. Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, and more are at each other's throats to win the AI race with more compute power.⚡️


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Chapters

(0:00:00) Subscribe to Newsletter for Event Updates

(0:00:56) What is a Data Center?

(0:03:22) Tech Race to Arms

(0:04:40) Geographic Distribution of Data Centers

(0:05:55) Major Concerns to Be Aware Of

(0:07:00) Technical Architecture & Energy Consumption

(0:09:26) Fresh Water Consumption

(0:11:23) The Future - Increasing Emissions, Renewable Energy, Net Zero

(0:13:33) Alternative Cooling Technologies

(0:15:08) Going Nuclear for Clean Energy

(0:17:15) Rate pod & get the highlights/footnotes


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