We’re all chasing the same thing: safe, affordable, local power. Rahul Kar thinks we keep overlooking the easiest source of it — the power already sitting unused inside our own data centers. He’s convinced it’s hiding in plain sight, and he explains it with a kids’ story.Chapters:References and Links:Rahul Kar (guest) — LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rahulkarHammerhead AI (guest’s company): hammerheadco.aiAutoGrid — Rahul Kar’s prior company; pioneered software-defined “virtual power plants” and was later acquired by Schneider Electric E. F. Schumacher, “Small Is Beautiful” (1973) — the economics-of-scale idea Rahul cites as a guiding influenceRichard Sutton, “The Bitter Lesson” (2019) — the essay arguing that brute-force compute tends to beat hand-designed methods; Rahul calls Sutton “the father of reinforcement learning” Dean Nelson — named as a longtime champion of the do-more-with-what-you-have mindset; associated with Sun MicrosystemsPacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) — the industry conference where David spoke on a panel Rahul attendedThank you for visiting our channel, be sure to Like, Comment, and Subscribe!For more information, go to https://www.QTSDataCenters.comLearn More about QTS Data Centers on the QTS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/users/qtsdatacentersThink you have a great topic for a podcast or would like to schedule an interview with Dave? Send in your requests to [email protected]