Russell Cann is the Chief Customer Success Officer for Core Scientific and he manages some of the largest blockchain and AI hosting facilities in North America.  Before working with Core, Russell managed his own GPU mining facility.  In this conversation we discuss Core's genesis story and their impressive leadership team, which includes former executives from Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and MySpace.  Also Russell shares his belief on the expansion of High Performance Computing infrastructure, and the close connection between AI and Blockchain.

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