E171 - Nathaniel Harman at OceanBit
From The Route to Networking by Hamilton Barnes
March 18, 2026 · 1h 4m · Season 1 · Episode 171
About this episode
Nathaniel Harman discusses his transition from oceanography to developing offshore energy solutions for computing.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Route to Networking, George Copley is joined by Nathaniel Harman, Co-Founder and CEO of Ocean Bit. Nathaniel shares his journey from oceanography research to building offshore energy infrastructure designed to power the next generation of high-performance computing and AI data centres. They discuss the fundamentals of ocean thermal energy, how early experiments with machine learning and Bitcoin mining led to a new way of thinking about energy and comput...
People in this episode
Host: George Copley
Guest: Nathaniel Harman
Topics covered
- oceanography
- energy infrastructure
- high-performance computing
- AI data centres
- ocean thermal energy
- machine learning
- Bitcoin mining
Keywords
- oceanography
- energy infrastructure
- AI
- machine learning
- Bitcoin mining
- ocean thermal energy
- computing
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Organizations: Ocean Bit
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