There is plenty of talk about power and land availability, but another hurdle to data center growth and development is capital. 

In this episode, we talk to Julie Brewer, EdgeCore’s EVP of finance, about the different ways data center developers and operators can secure funding - be it through equity or debt. 

In addition, we discuss how Brewer’s experience of secure funding has varied between her roles, from the retail colocation space, to hyperscaler properties. 

The price of Bitcoin might be higher than ever, but that isn’t stopping companies from pivoting to hosting AI and HPC infrastructure as well as cryptomining rigs.

In this episode of DCD>Zero Downtime, Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot talks about the company’s pivot away from mining cryptocurrencies to become a data center provider for both the crypto and AI sectors, and how to create a base facility design that can tailor to both worlds.

He also talks about the American Bitcoin venture the company has formed with Eric and Donald Trump Junior, and what the sons of the US president are like to work with.

DCD sits down with Alex Goodall, CEO of Xela Energy, to discuss the company’s rebrand from Clean Energy Capital, and how it aims to deliver behind-the-meter renewable power to the UK’s data center market.

In this episode, DCD catches up with Bill Long, CPO at Zayo Group, to discuss the company’s long-haul fiber build across the US to support the growing demands of AI workloads. Long also discusses Zayo’s acquisition of Crown Castle’s fiber assets and why the Macro Edge provides a worthwhile opportunity. 

Earlier this year, Zendo Energy emerged from stealth and launched an "Energy OS" to enhance energy procurement for the data center industry.

DCD speaks to Drew Barrett, COO at Zendo, about the launch and the broader energy market.

In this episode, DCD chats with Jason Eichenholz, CEO of Relativity Networks, about hollow core fiber (HCF). Eichenholz details the latest developments of the technology, plus its potential to support the AI data center boom, and whether HCF can have an impact on the telecoms sector. 

In this episode, we chat to Ben King, associate director with Rhodium Group's Energy & Climate practice, who provides an in-depth look into the US geothermal sector.

We explore the exciting world of enhanced geothermal power and how, if scaled, it could provide enough energy to meet skyrocketing data center demand across the US.

AI is changing how data centers operate, and particularly in the case of retrofit facilities, it is more important than ever that operators have all the data they need to ensure uptime. 

We talk to Jad Jebara, CEO and president of Hyperview - an AI-powered DCIM provider - about some of the pitfalls data center operators are falling into as they handle more demanding workloads, and how a surprising number of operators are still actually using Excel for capacity planning.

What does it take to run a cloud provider in 2025?

We chat to David Driggers about Cirrascale, a company older than the neoclouds, but without the deep pockets of the hyperscalers, about how the company is carving its own path in an increasingly crowded market.

Plus, we hear about the current AI inference market, and where growth opportunities lie.

In this podcast episode, we speak to Harry Keeling, head of business development - new markets at Rolls Royce.

Listen in to hear more about the rise of small modular reactors, Rolls Royce SMR’s business model, and the potential of SMRs in powering the data center sector.