Europe Can't Find 5 Gigawatts. So It Gets Creative
Uplink: AI, Data Center, and Cloud Innovation PodcastShow Notes
The AI infrastructure race is often measured in gigawatts and billion-dollar campuses. But in Europe, the story looks very different. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid sits down with Ben Baldieri, Founder of The GPU, to explore how Europe's power constraints, fragmented regulation, and limited grid capacity are forcing a new generation of AI infrastructure strategies. Rather than chasing hyperscale alone, the market is increasingly turning to smaller, distributed data centers positioned...
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