Beyond Hydrogen: ECL Hosts NVIDIA's Most Advanced Racks

Beyond Hydrogen: ECL Hosts NVIDIA's Most Advanced Racks

From Data Center Richness by Rich Miller

January 6, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

Yuval Bachar discusses ECL's transition to cutting-edge AI technology and hydrogen-powered data centers.

The data center landscape is changing fast, as AI drives innovation in both energy and cooling. In a industry dominated by big companies and big requirements, it's a tricky time for data center startups. Yuval Bachar is the founder of ECL, a startup that set out to pioneer hydrogen-powered data centers. With the arrival of ChatGPT and the AI data center boom, ECL has changed along with the industry. Today on the Data Center Richness podcast, Yuval is here to share how ECL has moved to the cutting-edge of AI, deploying the very latest NVIDIA high-density racks in a hydrogen-powered, liquid-cooled data center. It's a story that reinforces the importance of an engineering mindset, and always being ready to innovate. Let's get started …. CHAPTERS GO HERE 00:00 - How data center startups navigate in an era of big, fast change 01:45 - Meet Yuval Bachar and learn about his "Data Center Journey" 09:30 - Managing Hydrogen-Powered Liquid-Cooled NVIDIA Racks 15:35 - Building Out the Executive Team at ECL 18:00 - Growth Opportunities in Texas with Natural Gas and Hydrogen 22:00 - The Shape of Inference and the Role of Data Centers 28:15 - The Evolution of Modular Data Center Design 31:40…

People in this episode

Host: Rich Miller

Guest: Yuval Bachar

Topics covered

  • data centers
  • AI innovation
  • hydrogen power
  • liquid cooling
  • startup challenges
  • NVIDIA racks

Keywords

  • data center
  • AI
  • hydrogen
  • NVIDIA
  • liquid cooling
  • startup
  • innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ECL, NVIDIA

Products: ChatGPT

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