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Podcast: Peggy Smedley Show
Episode: Are Data Centers Sustainable?
Description: Peggy Smedley and Al Ortega, James R. Birle endowed chair professor of energy technology, Villanova University and director of the National Science Foundation Center for Energy Smart Electronic Systems, talk about data centers, cooling systems, and sustainability issues within the data centers. He talks about the amount of power data centers use, saying in 2025 an equipment rack consumes about 100 kilowatts. They also discuss: How data center consumption compares to consumption in a typical U.S. home. Cooling systems such as liquid cooling. The things we need to do to make data centers feasible. es2.villanova.e...