NVIDIA’s Marc Spieler: AI, Data Centres, and Energy

About this episode

The episode features Marc Spieler from NVIDIA discussing the intersection of AI and energy amidst current global energy developments.

The podcast opens with updates on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a German state-owned energy company contracting for Canadian West Coast LNG, and the Pope's theological document warning about AI. Next, Peter and Jackie introduce this week's guest, Marc Spieler, Senior Managing Director for the Global Energy Industry at NVIDIA, joining from Houston, Texas, to discuss the latest developments at the intersection of AI and energy. Energy and AI are deeply interlinked. Energy com...

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Hosts: Peter, Jackie

Guest: Marc Spieler

Topics covered

• AI
• energy
• data centres
• NVIDIA
• LNG
• theology

Keywords

• AI
• energy
• NVIDIA
• data centres
• LNG
• Strait of Hormuz
• theology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NVIDIA, Pope

Places: Germany, Strait of Hormuz, Canadian West Coast, Houston, Texas

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