Michael Bird
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first heard Apr 2026
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So today, the day we're recording is quite a windy day.
So I think at one point, 70% of our energy was being generated from wind power.
But the thing with that sort of energy is that it's quite spiky.
So you can get these like quite big peaks on windy days and then nothing on really calm days.
And what I joked in the episode was like the solar panels, but we're not renowned for sunny days in the UK.
And so you can't necessarily rely on either of those things.
It's not as reliable as gas or oil for energy generation.
But could you use batteries to be able to smooth some of those lumpy bits?
Maybe there's generally lots of spare energy.
So you just spin up that bit of your data center at night.
Certainly thinking about the grid in the UK, I get incentivized to plug my electric car in at night.
I get cheaper energy because there's loads of spare energy.
The thought of actually generating your own energy on site and having your own energy sovereignty, I wonder if that would be appealing to organisations.
Actually, if you can just reduce costs, I mean, that's the conversation, isn't it?
It's like, we're just going to be spending less.
Absolutely.
Now, Sam, we are seeing more and more data centers with on-premise generators who can provide their own energy.
So I want to ask Karim one thing as we look forward.
How does he see data centers being powered in the future?
Yes, and if you've enjoyed this episode, please do let us know.
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