S5 Bonus: Preventing the AI Meltdown: Re-Engineering Data Centers for 100kW+ GPU Racks with Phil Lawson-Shanks of Aligned

Phill Lawson-Shanks has had a convoluted path into tech. In the past, he worked for a company that owned and operated airpots in Europe. He got involved in the very early days of servers - so early, that this was back when they were just PC's under someones desk. This took him down the path of migrating mainframes to more cost effective, productivity machines. He worked for Compaq at one point, which brought him to the states. Personally, he enjoys risk taking. He rides a Ducati motorbike way too fast, enjoys adventure sports, jumping out of planes, and rock climbing.In 2013, the founders of Phil's current company saw the way the data center industry was going. They saw that the energy consumption around DC's was going to be astronomical. They started building some incredibly innovative things in this area, and got Phil's attention. Three years ago, he joined the team.This is the creation story of Aligned.SponsorsCourierImg.lyRoutableCTO.aiCloudways offers peace of mind and flexibility so you can focus on growing your business instead of dealing with server management. With Cloudways, you get an optimized stack, managed servers, backups, staging environment, integrated Git, pre-configured, Composer, 24/7 support, and a choice of five cloud providers: AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode, Google Cloud, and Vultr. Get up to 2 Month Free Hosting by using code "CODE30" and get $30 free hosting credit.LinksWebsite: https://www.alignedenergy.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/plawsonshanks/Our Sponsors:* Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.* Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.aiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy