Is AI & 'big' data *really* going to be gas-powered? Toddington Harper hopes to clean up...

Helen Czerski talks to Toddington Harper about his ambitious project to 'clean up' data centre energy generation. The brains behind GRIDSERVE has already shown he has what it takes to reimagine the solar and EV industries, now he's switched gear to focus on AI, and how to harness solar power and micro-grids in the Middle East. For the optimistic podcast you need to hear right now, tune in to Toddington as he talks about his newest project, GIGATONS.
00:00 – Intro: Toddington Harper returns to the podcast
00:34 – From Gridserve CEO to founding Gigatons
05:02 – Sustainability, family, and mass extinction concerns
11:34 – Why "Gigatons"? The scale of the emissions problem
13:20 – AI's energy demand and the grid crunch
19:13 – Powering data centres directly with solar
23:20 – GigaBlocks, GigaPods, and five-nines reliability
33:43 – Tackling heat and water use in desert data centres
41:34 – Nvidia's latest chips and liquid cooling innovations
52:00 – Timeline: delivering gigacentres in under 12 months
LinkedIN - linkedin.com/company/gigatons
Insta - @gigatons_ltd
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