The Future Data Center

05/20/20 • 23 min

Green innovation comes in many forms with endless benefits. Since its foundation in 2011, Cloud&Heat’s mission has been to make sustainability and security a driver of digital innovation. New technologies are not only becoming an increasingly integral part of everyday life and utility processes, they also require high-performance IT infrastructures and consume enormous amounts of energy.

In this podcast, Jens Struckmeier CTO and Founder of Cloud&Heat shares his vision of the future of compute and the technologies and techniques available today to create energy-efficient, scalable and secure data centers that meet the requirements of our digital future. It’s a must listen to interview that left Greenbird’s CEO speechless.

Challenges for smart living and our digital future
Future vision of data centers
Emerging technologies driving the future of compute
Real-world applications and customer driven use cases
Practical steps towards realizing a greener data center

Challenges for smart living and our digital future
Future vision of data centers
Emerging technologies driving the future of compute
Real-world applications and customer driven use cases
Practical steps towards realizing a greener data center

Previous Episode

Succeeding with Machine Learning and introducing emerging technologies

For all the resources spent on innovation by utility companies, there often remains a persistent and troubling gap between the inherent value of new technology and their ability to put it to work effectively. More than 90% of machine learning use cases never make it into production. At a time of disruption in the energy sector, the distance between technical promise and ability to apply it in real business contexts is a matter of grave concern.

In this podcast we discuss one example of the 10% that do succeed. Jørn Engberg, Project Manager ICT Norwegian based NTE, shares his experiences bringing new technology and mindset into the organization to generate sizeable savings using machines learning techniques and technology. He identifies key challenges that managers responsible for implementing new technology must surmount: their inescapably dual role between IT and business, legitimate resistance to change, the right degree of promotion, the choices of implementing technologies, and the need for one or two people to drive and enable change. You will learn:

The goals for AI/ML at NTE
Saving millions with new technology
Key considerations introducing new technologies
Overcoming challenges in digital transformation
Selecting the right technologies for you
Recommendation for utilities to utilize emerging technologies
Future vision for the energy sector

Acknowledgements:
Song: www.Bensound.com
Music Info: Corporate Ambient - AShamaluevMusic.
Music Link: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/corporate-music

Next Episode

Gamification in Energy

Gamification is the usage of game mechanics and game thinking in serious contexts. In the energy sector it can be used to inform participants about (smart) energy topics or to motivate customers to reach energy efficiency or demand response objectives in a playful manner. However, this thinking has not reached utility operations until now. In this episode we speak with Filip Prochazka, CEO at Mycroft Mind, Czech-based technology company building a portfolio of innovative systems for processing and analysing big data collected from new sources intelligent smart grids or IoT. He provides unique insights of the future of visualization and gamification of data that improves employee engagement and motivation as well as simplifying increasingly complex data and analytics with the energy sector.
You will learn:

As advanced analytics becomes increasingly business critical for utilities, what are
the key trends regarding visualization of big data
Solving complex problems through 3D visualization and Gamification
Real-life examples for utilities
Challenges related to data and data utilization
How utilities can take a step forward
Vision of the future digital utility

Acknowledgements:
Song: www.Bensound.com
Music Info: Corporate Ambient - AShamaluevMusic.
Music Link: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com/corporate-music