Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and solutions related to energy infrastructure for AI data centers with industry experts.

Ed Elson speaks with Jigar Shah and Jon Parrella about whether the AI data-center buildout can really happen at the scale Big Tech and investors expect. They discuss why power is becoming the biggest bottleneck for AI, and propose solutions to ensure that America can build and manage the necessary power infrastructure. Jigar Shah is the former director of the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy. Jon Parrella is the CEO of Terraflow Energy. Get your tickets to the Prof G Markets tour Subscribe to the Prof G Markets Youtube Channel Check out our latest Prof G Markets newsletter Follow Prof G Markets on Instagram Follow Ed on Instagram, X and Substack Follow Scott on Instagram Send us your questions or comments by emailing Markets@profgmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Ed Elson

Guests: Jigar Shah, Jon Parrella

Topics covered

• AI data centers
• energy infrastructure
• power bottleneck
• Big Tech
• investors
• solutions for energy

Keywords

• AI
• data centers
• energy bills
• power infrastructure
• Big Tech
• Jigar Shah
• Jon Parrella

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Department of Energy, Terraflow Energy

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