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Nick Caravella
Hands-On to Hyperscale | Designing Smarter Data Centers with Kaylen Bushell
36 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2025 at 2:14 pm.
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The demand for data centers has never been higher—and it’s evolving faster than most can keep up. In Part 2 of our conversation with Kaylen Bushell, we go beyond her career story to dig deep into the operational realities shaping modern data center design.

Kaylen shares why failure domains, redundancy models, and maintenance planning aren’t just checkboxes—they’re the foundation of uptime in an AI-driven world. From the surprising gaps in design thinking to how AI workloads are “melting racks,” this episode is a masterclass in how to build smarter, not just bigger.

If you’ve ever asked, “How do you design for resilience when failure isn’t an option?”—this one’s for you.

🔌 Topics include:

  • Rethinking redundancy: distributed vs. block models

  • How AI demand is reshaping load profiles

  • The operational cost of poor design decisions

  • Why automation and robotics are the future of construction

  • Building trust between trades, designers, and operators

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