Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence Podcast with your host, Jonathan Green! In this riveting episode, we dive into the sustainability of AI with our special guest, Kacy Clarke, a seasoned IT strategist and enterprise architect.

Kacy provides an insightful perspective on the burgeoning energy demands of AI, highlighting the need for a sustainable approach to balance the power and cooling requirements of data centers. She discusses the critical intersection between AI's potential and the real-world constraints of energy resources, emphasizing innovative solutions in nuclear energy and the development of small modular reactors.

Notable Quotes:

  • "It's a huge crisis... we're already slowing down data center builds because of the power consumption." - [Kacy Clarke] 
  • "Even though it's inside of a computer, it still affects the world." - [Jonathan Green] "I don't need a large language model that has understood all of human writing... let me talk to the expert." - [Kacy Clarke] 
  • "The biggest nuclear power plant in the US generates about 4.6 gigawatts, and we just don't have enough energy." - [Kacy Clarke] 


Connect with Kacy Clarke:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacyclarke/
Website: https://sustainablearchitectures.org
Chiefly & Co: https://www.chiefly-co.com/

Connect with Jonathan Green

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