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

About this episode

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 LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/gigatons/ Insta - @gigatons_ltd Why not come and join us at our next Everything Electric expo: https://everythingelect