Beyond Hydrogen: ECL Hosts NVIDIA's Most Advanced Racks

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  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At Data Center Richness we demystify technology and explain why data centers matter, and what comes next for the Internet, cloud computing and AI. Host Rich Miller is a journalist and analyst who has been covering the data center sector for 25 years. Subscribe to our channel for more insights: https://www.youtube.com/@DataCenterRichness?sub_confirmation=1 NOW ON SUBSTACK! Check out the Data Center Richness Substack:  https://datacenterrichness.substack.com/  On the Web: Data Center Richness https://datacenterrichness.com/ LINKS FROM THIS SHOW ECL Web Site  https://ecldc.com/ Yuval Bachar on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalbachar/   Rich Miller on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/datacenterfrontier/ RELATED VIDEOS: How Factory-Built Designs Speed AI Deployments  https://youtu.be/hZ6vuoDJ8Nc?si=qIhnFjV_CvhSDqst Data Center Innovation in the Age of AI https://youtu.be/P_0U0SLFJc8?si=Khxv-My10V0V3slU Why Every Data Center Pro is Talking About Power Now https://youtu.be/GJiBqvUl5rU?si=KqZsV0pkwb_aywdq All video by Data Center Richness. Supplemental music via Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/60o8qx