AI Daily Podcast: Power, Datacentres and the New AI Race

AI Daily Podcast: Power, Datacentres and the New AI Race

June 9, 2026 · 21 min · Season 1 · Episode 686

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This episode discusses the shift in AI towards infrastructure and power needs for large-scale deployment.

AI Daily Podcast explores a defining shift in artificial intelligence: innovation is no longer only about building better models, but about the infrastructure, deployment, and control needed to run AI at scale. In this episode, we look at how AI is becoming a physical industry. From TeraWulf’s transformation of a former coal plant on Lake Ontario into an AI datacentre to the rapid expansion of hyperscale facilities across the United States, the race for AI leadership now depends on power,...

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Host: Amy Iverson

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Organizations: TeraWulf

Places: Lake Ontario, United States

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