The data center landscape is changing fast, as AI drives innovation in both energy and cooling. In a industry dominated by big companies and big requirements, it's a tricky time for data center startups.

Yuval Bachar is the founder of ECL, a startup that set out to pioneer hydrogen-powered data centers. With the arrival of ChatGPT and the AI data center boom, ECL has changed along with the industry.

Today on the Data Center Richness podcast, Yuval is here to share how ECL has moved to the cutting-edge of AI, deploying the very latest NVIDIA high-density racks in a hydrogen-powered, liquid-cooled data center. It's a story that reinforces the importance of an engineering mindset, and always being ready to innovate.

Let's get started ….

CHAPTERS GO HERE

00:00 - How data center startups navigate in an era of big, fast change

01:45 - Meet Yuval Bachar and learn about his "Data Center Journey"

09:30 - Managing Hydrogen-Powered Liquid-Cooled NVIDIA Racks

15:35 - Building Out the Executive Team at ECL

18:00 - Growth Opportunities in Texas with Natural Gas and Hydrogen

22:00 - The Shape of Inference and the Role of Data Centers

28:15 - The Evolution of Modular Data Center Design

31:40 - Cooling: How Dense Can We Go?

36:25 - The Road Ahead

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ECL Web Site
https://ecldc.com/

Yuval Bachar on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalbachar/

Rich Miller on LinkedIn
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