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Power, water and place: what makes the optimal data center location? | Andrew DesRochers

aired Sep 24, 2026
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Summary

MICHAEL BIRD Sam, Sam, Sam.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of data, water, michael, including: as you know, we talk about the impact that AI has had on our organizations and our infrastructure quite a lot on this show.

Key takeaways
  1. 01and this expectation of latency has given designers a bit more leeway when it comes to being able to design new data centers and infrastructure sustainably
  2. 02However, in the past few years or so, the conversation has begun to shift a bit SAM JARRELL Right, because it's not just about how much power we need to run these models, is it?
  3. 03So, to get a bit more of an insight into how data centers can be run and scaled up sustainablyI met with Andrew DesRoches, a Principle Technologist for Sustainable Transformation a
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