Is AI & 'big' data *really* going to be gas-powered? Toddington Harper hopes to clean up...

Helen Czerski talks to Toddington Harper about his ambitious project to 'clean up' data centre energy generation. The brains behind GRIDSERVE has already shown he has what it takes to reimagine the solar and EV industries, now he's switched gear to focus on AI, and how to harness solar power and micro-grids in the Middle East. For the optimistic podcast you need to hear right now, tune in to Toddington as he talks about his newest project, GIGATONS.

00:00 – Intro: Toddington Harper returns to the podcast

00:34 – From Gridserve CEO to founding Gigatons

05:02 – Sustainability, family, and mass extinction concerns

11:34 – Why "Gigatons"? The scale of the emissions problem

13:20 – AI's energy demand and the grid crunch

19:13 – Powering data centres directly with solar

23:20 – GigaBlocks, GigaPods, and five-nines reliability

33:43 – Tackling heat and water use in desert data centres

41:34 – Nvidia's latest chips and liquid cooling innovations

52:00 – Timeline: delivering gigacentres in under 12 months

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