Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast

Host Craig McKechnie talks to Marcos Byrne, Senior Policy Analyst with Wind Energy Ireland, about the potential of private wires to support the national grid, facilitate the development of renewable energy resources, and help make large energy users, such as data centres, more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable.

The GAA holds a special place in the heart of every community in Ireland – it's very much 'Where We All Belong' – and funding is vital for the great work it does. Gavin Weir, Strength and Conditioning Coach with Wicklow GAA, joins host Craig McKechnie to talk about sport in the community and the benefits of businesses playing their part by supporting organisations in areas where they operate.Power & Responsibility is produced by 4TC on behalf of Echelon Data Centres.

Ireland is committed to having 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 37GW by 2050. Wind energy is the most important renewable energy source for decarbonising our economy and powering critical infrastructure such as data centres – yet Ireland currently produces just 25MW of it. Host Craig McKechnie is joined by Úna Brosnan, Head of Offshore Ireland with Mainstream Renewable Power; and Leo Quinn, Senior Offshore Development Manager with Mainstream Renewable Power, to discus...

Conall Bolger, CEO of the Irish Solar Energy Association, joins host Craig McKechnie to explore the relationship between data centres and solar energy. Where does solar fit in the mix of renewables that Ireland must develop to transition to a cleaner more sustainable economy, what are the legislative and regulatory challenges associated with developing large-scale solar renewables and bringing them into the grid, and how can data centres help that process?Power & Responsibility is produce...

Dr Valeria Nico, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stokes Laboratories in the University of Limerick, joins the podcast to talk about her ground-breaking work on electronic liquid cooling. Developed for the European Space Agency to cool the electronics of small satellites, the micro-pump technology also has huge potential for reducing the amount of energy required to keep servers cool in data centres.No content with solving the cooling conundrum for data centres, Dr Nico is also developing technol...

Craig McKechnie talks to Simon McCormick, Chief Technical Officer for Echelon Data Centres, about the energy challenges data centre operators are facing and the solutions they are developing. What will the future energy storage ecosystem look like for data centres and what does it mean for sustainability?This podcast was originally recorded as a video talk for the Digital Infra Network – a company which enables Digital Transformation and is shaping a sustainable world for future generations. ...

Dan Scarbrough, MD of Digital Infra Network, joins the pod to talk about the growing need to prioritise the information flowing through data centres, and why he believes technology holds the key to addressing the climate change and sustainability challenges facing the global economy.

Peter Byrne, CEO of South Dublin Chamber, joins the pod to talk about the opportunities data centres provide for local business in Ireland and how they are contributing to important community projects.Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.

As the dataverse continues to grow exponentially to reach unprecedented quantities, the processing speeds in data centres need to increase to match them. We talk to Carlos Mora from Corning Optical Communications about the future connectivity and cabling.Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.

Justin Moran, Director of External Affairs at Wind Energy Ireland, joins the pod to talk about the symbiotic relationship between data centres and wind energy – and how issues with the planning process and national grid are preventing the development of the renewables that could end Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels.Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.

What steps are data centres taking to reduce their carbon footprint and increase their sustainability? Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie take a quick gallop over the ground covered so far...#LiquidCooling #Biogas #Green Hydrogen #FactsNotFiction #GridCitizenship #SustainabilityCreated and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast – is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.

Echelon Data Centres COO Graeme McWilliams joins the pod to talk about power supply issues, and how data centres – and their tenants – can become part of the solution by providing back-up energy to the grid, by helping bring more renewables on stream, and by facilitating Ireland's reduction in carbon emissions and move towards net zero.Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast – is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.

Do people really know what sustainability is? John MacNamara, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Bord na Móna, talks to Jeremy Probert about what sustainability means for business, why data centres should be an integral part of Ireland's sustainable energy needs, and about leading Bord na Móna’s corporate sustainability team as it transitions from being a fossil fuel company to becoming a climate solutions provider.Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast –...

'Data Centres use too much energy, are very inefficient, don't create jobs, and are the cause of large amounts of carbon emissions'. These are just a few of the accusations levelled at the data centre sector in recent years. But is there any truth to them? Bitpower.ie CEO David McAuley and Echelon Data Centres CMO Damien Gaynor join Jeremy and Craig to separate fact from fiction and bust a few data centre myths. Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Po...

Dr Rory Monaghan, Director of Energy Systems Engineering at NUI Galway, joins Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie to discuss Ireland’s incredible Green Hydrogen potential and how it might help power data centres. How is hydrogen currently being created and used, what needs to be done to make it clean, green and sustainable – and is there really evidence that exonerates hydrogen for the Hindenburg Disaster 84 years ago?Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Po...

Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to Declan Murray, CEO of Biocore Environmental, about the role that biogas anaerobic digestion plants can play in converting farm waste into renewable energy to help power data centres. Ireland has lots of farm waste yet very few biogas producing facilities. Why is that – and what will it take for biogas to become part of the symbiotic cycle of sustainability powering Ireland's critical infrastructure?Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibil...

Jeremy Probert and Craig McKechnie talk to Aiden Callaly, of immersion cooling systems manufacturer Submer, about the hyper-efficient and eco-friendly new technologies that are meeting the perennial challenge of keeping data centre servers cool.Created and produced by 4TC, Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast – is brought to you by Irish data centre provider Echelon Data Centres.