NVIDIA on Whether AI Can Fix Its Own Power Problem | Recorded Live at Climate Week NYC

<p>AI data centers are straining the grid. NVIDIA and Phaidra say part of the fix is more AI: software that runs the cooling, data centers that ease off when demand peaks, and chips that do more with every watt.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was recorded live at The Nest Campus during Climate Week NYC. Jigar and Jamie talk with Josh Parker, head of sustainability at NVIDIA, and Jim Gao, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA-backed Phaidra.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>An AI agent that predicts heat spikes on CoreWeave&#39;s NVIDIA chips and stops them before they hit</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Why NVIDIA is cooling its chips with 113°F coolant to cut water use</li><p><br></p></ul><ul><li>Whether AI needs gigawatt-scale data centers, or GPUs on the side of a house</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>How half a percent of flexibility could free up about 100 gigawatts on the US grid</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The cost of adding 12 hours of battery backup to a $125 million data center</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>What it would take for a data center to lower its neighbors&#39; power bills</li><p><br></p></ul><p>Learn more at energyempire.fm</p>