Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast
Amid the constantly expanding data requirements of today’s society, Power & Responsibility takes a look at the key issues in the debate around data centre sustainability. Hosts Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to leading industry experts about renewable energy generation, power supply, energy efficiency, developing alternative energy carriers, water consumption, grid infrastructure, funding and investment, the pace of change, and the technology that is making it all possible? Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast – is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.
Episodes
18 episodes
Tackling the Power Problem
With an increasing number of data centre operators generating power through onsite energy centres, Craig McKechnie talks to Cormac Nevin, head of Energy Systems at Echelon Data Centres, about what this means for national electricity grids, for ...
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28:51
Private Wires
Host Craig McKechnie talks to Marcos Byrne, Senior Policy Analyst with Wind Energy Ireland, about the potential of private wires to support the national grid, facilitate the development of renewable energy resources, and help make large energy ...
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Episode 16
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34:29
Heart of the Community
The GAA holds a special place in the heart of every community in Ireland – it's very much 'Where We All Belong' – and funding is vital for the great work it does. Gavin Weir, Strength and Conditioning Coach with Wicklow GAA, joins host Cr...
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Episode 15
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29:33
Bringing Offshore Online
Ireland is committed to having 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 37GW by 2050. Wind energy is the most important renewable energy source for decarbonising our economy and powering critical infrastructure such as data cen...
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Episode 14
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39:44
A Brighter Future
Conall Bolger, CEO of the Irish Solar Energy Association, joins host Craig McKechnie to explore the relationship between data centres and solar energy. Where does solar fit in the mix of renewables that Ireland must develop to transition to a c...
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Episode 13
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35:28
Space Age Cooling
Dr Valeria Nico, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stokes Laboratories in the University of Limerick, joins the podcast to talk about her ground-breaking work on electronic liquid cooling. Developed for the European Space Agency to cool the electron...
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Episode 12
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30:12
The Energy Storage Ecosystem
Craig McKechnie talks to Simon McCormick, Chief Technical Officer for Echelon Data Centres, about the energy challenges data centre operators are facing and the solutions they are developing. What will the future energy storage ecosystem look l...
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Episode 11
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16:37
Talking Technocentralism
Dan Scarbrough, MD of Digital Infra Network, joins the pod to talk about the growing need to prioritise the information flowing through data centres, and why he believes technology holds the key to addressing the climate change and sustainabi...
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Episode 10
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49:09
Local Heroes
Peter Byrne, CEO of South Dublin Chamber, joins the pod to talk about the opportunities data centres provide for local business in Ireland and how they are contributing to important community projects.Created and produced by 4TC, Po...
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Episode 9
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34:22
Connecting You!
As the dataverse continues to grow exponentially to reach unprecedented quantities, the processing speeds in data centres need to increase to match them. We talk to Carlos Mora from Corning Optical Communications about the future connectivity a...
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Episode 8
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39:09
As The Wind Blows
Justin Moran, Director of External Affairs at Wind Energy Ireland, joins the pod to talk about the symbiotic relationship between data centres and wind energy – and how issues with the planning process and national grid are preventing the devel...
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Episode 7
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35:03
The Story So Far...
What steps are data centres taking to reduce their carbon footprint and increase their sustainability? Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie take a quick gallop over the ground covered so far...#LiquidCooling #Biogas #Green Hydrogen #FactsNotF...
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44:51
Grid Citizenship
Echelon Data Centres COO Graeme McWilliams joins the pod to talk about power supply issues, and how data centres – and their tenants – can become part of the solution by providing back-up energy to the grid, by helping bring more renewables on ...
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Episode 6
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28:05
Sustainability
Do people really know what sustainability is? John MacNamara, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Bord na Móna, talks to Jeremy Probert about what sustainability means for business, why data centres should be an integral part of Ireland's sustainable...
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Episode 5
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27:12
Data Centres: Facts not Fiction
'Data Centres use too much energy, are very inefficient, don't create jobs, and are the cause of large amounts of carbon emissions'. These are just a few of the accusations levelled at the data centre sector in recent years. But is there any tr...
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Episode 4
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48:22
The Future of Hydrogen – Hope not Hype
Dr Rory Monaghan, Director of Energy Systems Engineering at NUI Galway, joins Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie to discuss Ireland’s incredible Green Hydrogen potential and how it might help power data centres. How is hydrogen currently being ...
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Episode 3
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45:34
Waste Not, Want Not – Biogas & Data Centres
Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to Declan Murray, CEO of Biocore Environmental, about the role that biogas anaerobic digestion plants can play in converting farm waste into renewable energy to help power data centres. Ireland has lots o...
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Episode 2
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34:20
The Liquid Cooling Principle
Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to Aiden Callaly, of immersion cooling systems manufacturer Submer, about the hyper-efficient and eco-friendly new technologies that are meeting the perennial challenge of keeping data centre servers cool...
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Episode 1
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