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The Machine Room

The Machine Room

Schneider Electric 2 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

The Machine Room is a brand-new podcast series from Schneider Electric that explores the challenges and trends shaping the future of the global digital infrastructure industry. Hosted by Kevin Brown, SVP and CMO of the Data Center business, the show features conversations with senior leaders from key industry players. Episodes dive into the heart of data centers and AI infrastructure, discussing the future of energy technology and the power of digital innovation.

Episodes

What Happens When a New Data Center Comes to Town
What Happens When a New Data Center Comes to Town Oct 13, 2026 00:20:22 In Part 2 of Kevin Brown's conversation with Vlad Galabov, the host of The AIDC Debate podcast, the duo explores what it means when a new data center comes to town and how people are becoming acutely aware of new data center buildouts.  Focusing on a new development project in the London area, they discuss the challenges and opportunities for operators facing local opposition - from community conc
Unpacking the Trillion-Dollar AI Boom
Unpacking the Trillion-Dollar AI Boom Sep 29, 2026 00:21:24 AI is driving an extraordinary new wave of demand for high-density compute and AI-Ready data center infrastructure. The first episode of another two-part series, Kevin is joined by self-professed “data center nerd” Vlad Galabov - the host of The AIDC Debate podcast - to unpack the trends driving the AI infrastructure boom and what it could mean for future of the data center industry. Drawing on Vl
Behind the Meter: Powering AI at Gigawatt Scale
Behind the Meter: Powering AI at Gigawatt Scale Sep 15, 2026 00:19:42 AI infrastructure is increasing electricity demand at a speed and scale few industries have experienced before. In this episode, Kevin Brown speaks with Mandar Pandit, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer for Data Centers at GE Vernova, about how the energy sector is responding as individual data center campuses begin to require as much power as a small city. Mandar explains why limited grid capacity
Finding a Home for AI: From Use Case to Infrastructure
Finding a Home for AI: From Use Case to Infrastructure Sep 1, 2026 00:22:33 Enterprise AI has moved rapidly from experimentation to implementation, but turning an idea into a secure, scalable and commercially viable solution remains complex. In this episode, Kevin Brown speaks with Chris Campbell, Senior Director, AI Solutions at World Wide Technology, about how organisations can identify valuable AI use cases, prepare their data and determine where their workloads should
Powering AI Faster: Turning Data Centers into Grid Assets
Powering AI Faster: Turning Data Centers into Grid Assets Aug 18, 2026 00:22:03 As AI drives unprecedented demand for computing capacity, data centres are becoming larger, denser and more concentrated than anything the electricity grid has previously been designed to serve. In this episode, Kevin Brown speaks with Anuja Ratnayake, Emerging Technology Executive and DCFlex Lead at EPRI, about the growing gap between the speed at which AI infrastructure needs power and the time
Building at the Speed of AI: Inside TeraWulf’s Lake Mariner Expansion (Part 2)
Building at the Speed of AI: Inside TeraWulf’s Lake Mariner Expansion (Part 2) Aug 4, 2026 00:21:40 In the second part of Kevin Brown’s conversation with Nazar Khan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at TeraWulf, they explore how the company has scaled its Lake Mariner campus from a two-megawatt pilot project into one of North America’s largest AI and high-performance computing developments. Nazar explains why TeraWulf chose to invest in infrastructure before securing its first customer, b
Power First: TeraWulf’s Evolution into AI Infrastructure (Part 1)
Power First: TeraWulf’s Evolution into AI Infrastructure (Part 1) Jul 21, 2026 00:23:03 In the first part of this two-part conversation, host Kevin Brown sits down with Nazar Khan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at TeraWulf, to explore the company’s evolution from power generation to Bitcoin mining and, ultimately, large-scale infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing. Nazar traces TeraWulf’s origins back to Beowulf, where its team spent more than 25 years develop
Welcome to The Machine Room
Welcome to The Machine Room Jul 13, 2026 00:02:15 In this trailer episode, Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Schneider Electric’s Data Center Business, introduces The Machine Room, a new podcast exploring the people, technologies and companies building the physical infrastructurebehind AI. ​​Drawing on more than 30 years of industry experience, Kevin explains how the series will go beyond the headlines to examine

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