How AI is Reshaping Data Center Design

AI is changing the way we design and build data centers. Meanwhile, cloud computing and enterprise companies continue to need lots of IT capacity. This creates a challenge for the teams that design data centers, who must navigate rapid change amid tensions between workloads and technologies. AI or cloud? Air-cooled or liquid-cooled? This is Sara Martin's world. Sara is an Associate Principal at HED, an integrated design end engineering firm that works with many data center clients. On today's podcast Sara provides an inside look at how the rise of AI is creating new challenges, and how leading data centers are using design to build for the future in a period of big fast change. Here's an overview of the conversation with Data Center Richness host Rich Miller and Sara Martin of HED: 00:00 - Why AI Challenges the Status Quo in Design 01:15 - Sara Martin shares her Data Center Journey, and what HED does. 05:10 - The AI Transition and Modular Designs 10:00 - Hybrid Cooling in Multi-Tenant Data Centers 14:45 - The Pace of Change as a Design Challenge 21:20 - Data Center Water Usage and Community Pushback 27:00 - Trends in Closed-Loop vs. Evaporative Cooling 32:30 - The Future Path of Power and Cooling 39:00 - Supply Chains and Why Modular Matters At Data Center Richness we demystify technology and explain why data centers matter, and what comes next for the Internet, cloud computing and AI. Host Rich Miller is a journalist and analyst who has been covering the data center sector for 25 years. Subscribe to our channel for more insights: https://www.youtube.com/@DataCenterRichness?sub_confirmation=1 NOW ON SUBSTACK! Check out the Data Center Richness Substack: https://datacenterrichness.substack.com/ On the Web: Data Center Richness https://datacenterrichness.com/ LINKS FROM THIS SHOW HED's Data Center Portfolio https://hed.co/stories/mission-critical Sara Martin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-martin-7b61b546/ Rich Miller on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/datacenterfrontier/ RELATED VIDEOS: How Factory-Built Designs Speed AI Deployments https://youtu.be/hZ6vuoDJ8Nc?si=qIhnFjV_CvhSDqst Data Center Innovation in the Age of AI https://youtu.be/P_0U0SLFJc8?si=Khxv-My10V0V3slU Can Data Centers Be Good Neighbors? https://youtu.be/syRpAj9aCSg?si=4r6IQJEjukwQ67Eu All video by Data Center Richness. Supplemental music via Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/60o8qx  

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