David Sandalow
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Oct- 2025 -7 OctoberAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Data Center Water Use: Alexis Abramson, Julio Friedmann and Angela Yuan
How significant is data center water use? Is it tiny in relation to other sectors, significant in some water-stressed regions,…
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Sep- 2025 -16 SeptemberAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Amory Lovins: Reflections of an AI Skeptic
Amory Lovins has been a leading thinker on energy policy for more than 50 years. Several months ago he wrote…
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12 SeptemberArtificial Intelligence
The AI and Energy Scenario Exercise: Part 1
How might this administration and future administrations approach the critical issue of AI and energy demands? This is the question…
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10 SeptemberAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Jennifer Granholm: Reflections of an AI Optimist
After a pause over the summer, we’re restarting the AI, Energy and Climate Podcast with a conversation between Jennifer Granholm,…
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Jun- 2025 -9 JuneAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Nick Chaset: Octopus Energy, Grid Flexibility and Data Center Load Growth
Octopus Energy, a global technology and energy company, was founded in the UK 10 years ago with the goal of helping…
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May- 2025 -12 MayAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Damilola Ogunbiyi: AI, Energy Access and the Digital Divide
More than a billion people in the world live in energy poverty, with little or no access to electricity. Can AI help…
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5 MayAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Arun Majumdar: AI, Energy and Education
Arun Majumdar is the inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University and previously served as Founding Director of…
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Apr- 2025 -28 AprilAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Jensen Huang: The Power of Intelligence Infrastructure
Thirty-two years after Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA, the company is at the center of the AI revolution and the third-most valuable…
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24 AprilAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Taylor Sparks and Colin McCormick: AI for Materials Innovation Part 2
Can AI help discover new materials, leading to dramatic breakthroughs in clean energy technologies? In Episode #1 of our deep…
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21 AprilAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Taylor Sparks and Colin McCormick: AI for Materials Innovation Part 1
What could make dramatic, transformational changes in the fight against climate change? One answer — breakthroughs in the materials sciences…
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14 AprilAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Laura Cozzi: IEA’s Energy and AI Report
On April 10, the International Energy Agency released a major report on energy and AI. The report explores topics including electricity…
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7 AprilAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Alp Kucukelbir: AI in Industry, Education, and More
Alp Kucukelbir serves as Chief Scientist at Fero Labs, teaches two courses on AI and climate change at Columbia University, and wrote…
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3 AprilAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Chris James Part 2: AI, Power Supplies and Innovation
Join host David Sandalow and Chris James, CEO and Founder of Engine No. 1, as they discuss how to supply…
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Mar- 2025 -31 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Chris James Part 1: AI Power Demand
What forces are shaping the explosive growth in demand for electric power for AI? Do revenue projections for AI justify…
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27 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Anne Bouverot: The Paris AI Action Summit and Beyond
The food system is responsible for almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, climate change is…
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24 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Anne Bouverot: The Paris AI Action Summit and Beyond
Special Envoy Anne Bouverot was in charge of organizing last month’s AI Action Summit in Paris for French President Emmanuel Macron.…
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20 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Dan Loehr: Can LLM’s Help in the Fight Against Climate Change?
Large language models are some of the most rapidly-adopted products in human history and are transforming workflows, education and much…
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17 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Bill Brown: Are Data Centers the Killer App for Clean Tech?
Bill Brown started two clean tech unicorns — private companies worth more than $1 billion. Today he thinks data centers…
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13 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Bernhard Lorentz and Johannes Truby: AI’s Energy and Environmental Footprint
AI is the hot topic at this year’s CERAWeek, where more than 10,000 people are gathering for one of the largest…
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10 MarchAI, Energy and Climate Podcast
Raj Kapoor: Climate Tech Investing and AI
Raj Kapoor is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Climactic, a seed venture firm focused on climate tech. Join host…
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