Not Your Father’s Data Center

Revolutionizing Data Centers with Nuclear Solutions

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters, sits down with Matt Loszak, co-founder and CEO of Aolo Atomics. Matt L...

Decarbonizing Digital Infrastructure for Sustainable Data Centers

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Raymond Hawkins, Chief Customer Officer at Compass Datacenters, sits down with Miranda Gardiner, leader of the iMasons Climate A...

Dynamic Power Solutions for the Future of Energy Storage

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins, host of Not Your Father's Datacenter, sits down with Dr Sai Shivareddy, CEO and founder of Niable. Dr Shivareddy sha...

Live From PTC ’26 | Data Center Trends with datacenterHawk

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The video is an episode of "Not Your Father's Data Center" hosted by Raymond Hawkins, who is joined by David Liot, CEO and founder of Data Center Hawk...

Beyond Generators – Building Energy Ecosystems for Tomorrow

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters, sits down with Brad Meissner, Director of Product Management at Genera...

NVIDIA's Role in AI, Energy, and the Data Center Evolution

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters, sits down with Mark Spieler, Senior Managing Director of Global Energy...

The AI Boom, Power Crunch and the Rise of Data Ecosystems

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins welcomes back Bill (Vitaly) Kleyman—CEO and founder of Apolo, industry thought leader, and data center prognosticat...

From Inertia to Innovation: What Data Centers Need to Know About Grid Health

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters, sits down with Marc Borrett, co-founder and CEO of Reactive Technologi...

Evolving Data Center Cooling for AI

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome Dave Rubcich, Global Vice President of Key Accounts at Vertiv to discuss the innovative partnership in cooling between Vertiv and Com...

Data Center Industry Trends: What's on the Horizon from PTC '25

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Host Raymond Hawkins is live from the picturesque PTC 2025 in Honolulu, Hawaii, joined by three seasoned industry experts: Martin Antunez from LATAM E...

Beyond the Cloud: Data Centers' Economic Impact vs. Policy & Sustainability

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this discussion, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters, engages with Dr. Terry Clower, a distinguished professor of public ...

Deepening Veteran Expertise for Data Center Excellence

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this engaging episode, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters, interviews Kirk Offel, CEO, and founder of Overwatch.The conv...

Data Centers and Energy: Addressing Growing Demand and Power Constraints

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond Hawkins sits down with Ed Socia, North American Insight Director for datacenterHawk. With a background in community developme...

The Road Ahead for Digital Infrastructure

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, host Raymond Hawkins chats with Mike Netzer, VP of Sales at datacenterHawk, a professional with a diverse background, from managing pension por...

Veteran Stories and the Mission Critical Mindset with Garett Jaco and Wayne Watson

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Memorial Day special episode, host Raymond Hawkins holds a profound conversation with seasoned data center experts Garett Jaco, a Marine Corps...

The Foundations of Digital Infrastructure with George Rockett

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this engaging episode, Raymond Hawkins, the Chief Revenue Officer at Compass, is joined by George Rockett, the founder of DatacenterDynamics & ...

Innovations in Data Center and Electrical Systems Management with Phanney Kim Brevard

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this discussion, Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer at Compass Datacenters engages with Phanney Kim Brevard, Chief Strategy Officer and newly a...

College Football Bowl Preview Picks

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Raymond dives back into the world of college football as the playoffs take center stage. Joined by esteemed guests Mike Baudendistel,...

Powering the Future: Navigating Data Center Energy Consumption

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we dive into the world of data centers, and their energy consumption, with Govi Ramasamy, Executive Director & Power Generation f...

The Evolution of Generative AI

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Data Center and Technology Expert Bill Kleyman joins the show.After 15 years in the technology space, Bill has the chance to see quit...

College Football Preview Show

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Not Your Father’s Datacenter, Raymond Hawkins is joined by Jerry Burum, Steve Flaig, Jimmy Fordham, and special guest Haley Hawki...

Powering Data Center Growth: Expansion and International Reach

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, David Liggitt joins the show to talk about data center expansion.David Liggitt is the Founder of and CEO at datacenterHawk, helping data center...

Gaming and Education

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode, Raymond sits down with Erin Torbiak, General Manager at Addicting Games.Hailing from Alberta, Canada, Erin has had a long career...

The Impacts of Technology in The Classroom

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Not Your Father’s Data Center, Raymond sits down with Dr Arnold Glass, Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University to discuss t...

Hydrogen: The Future Green Alternative?

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The increasing power consumption of data centers and the subsequent challenges of powering and cooling them have emerged as significant concerns for i...

The Premier 7x24 Conference for Data Center Processing Professional

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 7×24 Exchange International is known for its conferences and helping companies and organizations from several industries, such as manufacturing a...

The State of Tech Burnout

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Burnout is a familiar concept in the tech field, with 40 percent of workers saying they want to quit due to stress, fatigue, and poor work-life balanc...

It’s All About the Power

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The phrase “energy crisis” has been tossed around frequently the past few years, and not without reason: as demand for fossil fuels skyrockets, cl...

Neurodiversity, Data Labeling, and AI

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2022, nearly 21% of persons with a disability were employed, but were much less likely to be employed than a person with no disability. For one com...

Let’s Dance

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

State of Datacenters in Nova

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

By providing the infrastructure required to store, process, and transport enormous amounts of data, supporting a wide range of applications and servic...

Data Analytics Across Industries

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Friedmann knew the semiconductor business would find its way into his life someday. Friedmann, CEO & Founder of Speedata, spoke to Raymon...

Sustainability 101

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Born, raised, and educated in Germany, Carsten Baumann, Solution Architect and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Schneider Electric, calls the Unit...

The Euro Market & What to Expect in the Industry in 2023

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The world is in an energy crisis caused by many events affecting billions. Yet, while others are focusing on how this might affect oil & gas price...

Power Challenges in the DC Industry

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Like most people involved with Data Centers, Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research at Uptime Institute, didn’t start his career that way; La...

The World of Crypto

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who doesn’t love a sequel? Raymond Hawkins sure does, and back by popular demand for another episode of fantastic industry insights, Fred Thiel, CEO...

College Football Preview

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The summer of 2021 brought news of Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. This summer USC and UCLA rocked the landscape of college confere...

Let’s Talk Nuclear with Dr. Everett Redmond

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawk’s talk went nuclear again. Raymond Hawkins brought on Dr. Everett Redmond. A Senior Technical Advisor of New Reactors and Advanced Technolo...

A Conversation with an iMason with Dean Nelson

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The hats he wears are many: Chairman & Founder of Infrastructure Masons (iMason,) CEO of Virtual Power Systems, Co-Host of The Next Wave Podcast, ...

Innovations in Generator Land with Chris Brown

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How did a Texas boy, who swore up and down he’d never leave Texas for Oklahoma, wind up involved with the data storage industry in Oklahoma? Chris B...

Data Centers in Space Pt. 2

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Ward, CTO, and Founder of Orbits Edge, described how space is becoming increasingly accessible to laypeople. “We’re getting more and more to ...

Data Centers in Space Pt.2

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Ward, CTO, and Founder of Orbits Edge, described how space is becoming increasingly accessible to laypeople. “We’re getting more and more to ...

Let’s Bowl!

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Effect of Tech on National Security

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

International trade law expert reveals the difficult yet satisfying work that the CCIA performs to keep tech at consumers’ fingertips. 

Let’s Dance

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Raymond Hawkins switches up the usual topic of data to bring listeners a lively discussion of March Madness picks. 

A Look into the Impact of COVID-19 on the Data Center Industry

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The data center industry is probably not the first industry one would think of when it comes to changes from the pandemic since data is stored virtual...

Satellites & The Cloud with Doug Mohney

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Data has moved from the building filling mainframes of the 60's technology to satellite gathering machine learning and AI processing at the speed of l...

Leadership in an Evolving Workplace

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Raymond Hawkins discovered that despite lacking formal leadership training, Cy Wakeman, President & Founder of Reality Based Leadership, has ...

Mining for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with Fred Thiel

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest bitcoin mining operations in North America, joined host Raymond Hawkins to discuss cr...

Cyber Security: Protecting the Family Jewels

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Not Your Father’s Data Center, a Compass Datacenters Podcast, Host Raymond Hawkins talked with Amit Serper, Vice President of Sec...

Ethics of AI with Peter Judge

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When the world thinks about ethical AI, thoughts wander to movie portrayals of intelligent machines used for nefarious reasons. In the real world, tha...

The State of Innovative Liquid Cooling in Data Centers

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Isn’t the first rule in data centers not to get the servers wet? They’re kind of like Gremlins in that way. But someone forgot to tell Daniel Pope...

Quantum Computing Vs. Classical Computing – The Tale of the Tape

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Not Your Father’s Data Center, a Compass Datacenters Podcast, host Raymond Hawkins talked with Dr. Robert Sutor, Chief Quantum Ex...

How the Internet, Fueled by Data Centers, Changed the News Industry

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Not Your Father’s Data Center, a podcast From Compass Data Centers, host Raymond Hawkins talked with Rich Miller, Founder and Edi...

Backup Power Generation in Data Storage with Natural Gas

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the data center world, when one mentions a backup power generator, one assumes diesel. Enchanted Rock Chief Commercial Officer Allan Schurr said it...

It Always Comes Down to Power

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It is hard to believe, but there is a significant amount of megawatts that goes unused in global data centers. On this episode of the Not Your Father'...

A Look at Schneider Electric’s Approach to Innovation and Data Centers

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Raymond Hawkins found time to pull himself away from watching The Masters to chat with Schneider Electric’s Vice President of Innovation and Da...

Changing the World Through Quantum Computing with Dr. Bob Sutor

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The phrase, ‘The future is now,’ without question, applies to quantum computers. What was not so long ago a science fiction fantasy is now a reali...

Commercializing Space by Taking the Edge to the Final Frontier

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The modern world is driven by data and our ability to analyze it, and the final frontier – space – provides an overwhelming amount of data just wa...

Unpacking AI and Machine Learning

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

AI and machine learning are common terms, but they are complex with many applications. Understanding this is critical, and Not Your Father’s Data Ce...

#Hire the person, not the paper

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carrie Goetz, Chief Information Technology Officer at StrategITcom, International Keynote Speaker, STEM evangelist and podcaster, turned the tables on...

Concrete Innovations at Compass Datacenters

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Novak, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters is a firm believer that innovation comes in different forms, and she knows it’s people, p...

The Ins and Outs of Financing Digital Infrastructure

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Digital infrastructure is a common term in the data center industry, but it wasn’t always. So, how did the industry evolve to the notion that techno...

How an Industry Veteran Was Drawn to Compass Datacenters

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Novak had made up her mind. She was retired. But, just like her last retirement, this one didn’t stick. This time, however, she was only out o...

A 2020 Year in Review on Digital Strategy Trends

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Haynes Strader, Vice President of Data Center Solutions, CBRE, returned to Not Your Father’s Data Center for a look back and assessment of one of th...

A Career Path for Veterans in the Data Center Industry

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Kirby, Cofounder and Chairman of Salute Mission Critical, wanted to use his 36 years of military experience to help veterans and their families. D...

Data Center Outlook for the European Market

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To get a perspective on how the data center industry is faring in European markets during the pandemic, host Raymond Hawkins tapped Andrew Jay, Head o...

Adventures in Technology with DCD’s Peter Judge (Part 2)

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the second half of a two-part discussion on technology, Peter Judge, Global Editor for DatacenterDynamics, and host Raymond Hawkins turned their at...

Adventures in Technology with DCD’s Peter Judge (Part 1)

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Judge may have started his education journey with a degree in physics from Cambridge University, but most will know him from his work as a write...

How The Nuclear Energy Industry Has Taken Safety Seriously To Become A Viable Alternative To Fossil Fuels

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There may still be a stigma around nuclear energy, which can conjure up images like the eerie scene painted in the 2019 HBO mini-series about the Cher...

The Role Nuclear Energy Plays In Making Data Centers Go

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Energy use is always a topic that comes up when thinking about data centers and their role in society. As we’ve seen in the coronavirus pandemic, o...

Sustainability is More than Green Power

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As governments and corporations look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint, Eric Dunford, Director of Sustainability for CarbonCure, knows of a so...

The Data Center World of CBRE

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Haynes Strader, Vice President of Data Center Solutions, CBRE, sees the market for data center needs flourishing, even during the pandemic. “It’...

Necessity is the Mother of Innovation

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With data centers going up quickly all over the country, quality control and the commissioning process are vital steps to making sure everything is ge...

Why Water Use Can Be As Important As Energy Consumption For Data Centers

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When choosing a location, data centers often look for a location close to their end customers and one where there’s cheap electricity. Water was an ...

The Myth of Data Center Inefficiency

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With their constantly whirring server fans and enormous cooling systems in cavernous buildings, data centers seem to be sucking up a lot of energy and...

The Edge & Re-Architecting the Network

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The United States' internet has been put to the test over the last six weeks, as almost the entire country has moved to streaming, learning and commun...

Keep Cool with Data Center Heat Recovery Strategies

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pedro Matser started KyotoCooling some 15 years ago when he and his colleagues were asked by a data and telecommunications center in the Netherlands t...

The Data Center 2020 Bounce-Back

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Not Your Father's Data Center podcast, guests Buddy Rizer and Dave Liggett join host Raymond Hawkins to look ahead to 2020. Riz...

What’s Happening with Cloud Computing in 2020?

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cloud computing appeared to experience a bit of a lull in the market in 2019. Raymond Hawkins, the host of Not Your Father’s Data Center and Chief R...