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Green Data Center Podcast episodes

September 30 2026-09: EU Sustainability Label; GADCC; AI growth; More mandates & regulations?
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European Sustainability Label coming up
Greening AI Data Centers Coalition (GADCC)
Sustainability & AI growth
Water & Energy use regulations
Australia: renewable energy supply mandate proposed
Oracle signs up wind power; CA sets utility use transparency; Geothermal in UT
Grid-interactive data centers - grid asset vs. liability
Water stewardship
Embodied Carbon, materials, and tracking

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36 min
July 31 2026-07: Building fast; DC Green Zones; BTM solutions; Timber!; Liquid cooling efficiency
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- Building data centers faster than ever - yet sustainably
- Data Center Green Zones: aligning power, land, government, & community
- Behind-the-meter power solutions
- Timber structural solutions to beat steel bottlenecks
- Liquid cooling & density can improve efficiency
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34 min
March 21 2026-03: DC backlash; faster delivery; Int DC Day Mar 26
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Data center growth is facing widespread local and international backlash due to concerns about energy use, water consumption, noise, and land impacts, leading to moratoriums, tighter regulations, and zoning restrictions.
Faster delivery methods - preplanning and delivering shells helps even as designs and use details emerge later.
Have a happy & healthy International Data Center Day (March 26)!
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31 min
December 26, 2025 2025-12: Awards 2025; AI growth despite hurdles
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Awards season 2025
AI progress and hurdles
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40 min
August 27, 2025 2025-08: Mythbusting, digital twins, $B+ announcements
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Data Center announcements - newly operational & new $B+ campuses
Digital Twins with AI developing quickly
BlackRock carbon capture to take aim at CO2 industrial emissions
Data center Mythbusting: 24/7 generators; elec grid vampires; no jobs
Golf steals more water than data centers (about 44 times more) in the U.S.
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32 min
May 31, 2025 2025-05: Sustainability, Developments, & Tech
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Sustainability: Water, Energy, & AI gold rush; cyclical economy & recycling
DC Developments: Expansion everywhere - powered land becomes a project; NIMBY & regulatory push-back
Technology Impacts: AI for AI, diverse IT hardware, and prepping for what is next with flexibility
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40 min
February 22, 2025 2025-02: Meta AI Data Center; AI test and energy use; NoVA power increase
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Meta DC in northeast LA: 4M sqft, infrastructure and build increases in a rural area
AI testing of scripts for fun: good, better, best from the major brands
Northern VA power demand up from 21GW to 40GW since July 2024
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35 min
December 17, 2024 2024-12: Awards 2024; Newest AI data centers
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Awards season 2024: iMasons & DCD sustainability and environmental impact
New AI data center design by AWS & new Meta AI data center in Louisiana
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32 min
October 31, 2024 2024-10: Nuclear options; IUE; $B M&A to continue?
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Nuclear options to satiate power demand?
Infrastructure Usage Effectiveness
The billion+ $$$ mergers and acquisitions continue
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32 min
September 28, 2024 2024-09: AI power; Geothermal Energy; Tract & big development sites; AirTrunk sale
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AI power use comparisons
Sage Geosystems & Meta make a deal for 150MW of geothermal energy
Tract acquires 2k+ acres, 1.8GW near Phoenix, AZ
AirTruck bidding at $13.5B (USD)
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39 min

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