The QTS Experience

By Dave McCall

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The most valuable commodity on earth today is data. How we make it, use it, move it & protect it. Join David McCall as he invites guests from all industries to talk about how they use data to drive their business & innovation in their market.

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Ep. 252 - Why Saying “Diesel” Now Feels Like Yelling “Mufasa” — Jim McDonald on Backup Power
Jun 12, 2026
Ep. 251 - Rahul Kar: The Power We Need Is Already Here — We’re Just Not Using It
Jun 10, 2026
Ep. 250 - Why a Finance Professor Calls Data Centers the New Railroads — Saurav Roychoudhury
Jun 04, 2026
Ep 249. The Atlanta Conn3ct Data Summit 2026
May 22, 2026
Ep. 248: Cosme Garcia - A Wrench Still Beats a Backflipping Robot, and Other Useful Truths
May 20, 2026
Ep. 247: The Gigawatt Era Is Here: Bill Kleyman on Power, Bravery, and Fearless Curiosity
May 06, 2026
Ep. 246: Building the Infrastructure of Humanity: Ojonimi Bako on AI, Construction, and Purpose
Apr 22, 2026
Ep245: Ivo Ivanov: AI, Interconnection, and Why Latency Is the New Currency
Apr 08, 2026
Ep244 Rob Coyle - Stop Hoarding Your Tech - Why a Bigger Pie Beats a Secret Recipe
Mar 25, 2026
Ep243: Jason Coe on the People Chain – Making sure your team actually cares about the mission
Mar 19, 2026
Ep 242 Roy Illsley: The Digital Independence Era— Your Local Infrastructure is Your Competitive Edge
Mar 06, 2026
Ep241: David Quirk — Liquid Cooling Chaos, AI Reality, and the Future of Data Centers
Feb 23, 2026
Ep240: Brian Smith: Nuclear’s Sexy Glow—The Exquisite Power Fueling the AI Revolution!
Jan 16, 2026
Ep239: Robert Bryan: Nuclear Renaissance, SMR Realities, and Squeezing the Atom!
Jan 13, 2026
Ep 238: Dan Golding: SMRs, Fusion, and Why Your Data Center is Just a Cold White Box
Jan 08, 2026
Ep237: Jim McDermott on the Digital Monroe Doctrine, Power, and Data Gravity
Dec 19, 2025
Ep236: Steve Altizer—From Big Boxes to Smart Modules: The New Data Center Frontier
Dec 12, 2025
Ep235: Santiago Suinaga – From Mexico City Gamer Kid to Data Center Titan
Dec 03, 2025
Ep 234: Rose Weinschenk – From Minds to Megawatts: A Human Scientist and Data Center Whisperer
Nov 24, 2025
Ep233: Kurt Lindorfer – “Shaking Things Up with Seismic Smarts & Data Center Swagger”
Nov 12, 2025
Ep232: Manja Thessin: Densification Drama– Fiber Highways to AI Superhighways; Squeeze in More Chaos
Oct 31, 2025
Ep231: Joe Rozza – The Power of Purpose, Water, and Sustainable Innovation
Oct 17, 2025
Ep230: Brent Trenga: Recovering Architect Redefines Building – Circularity, Data Centers, & Legos
Sep 08, 2025
Ep229: Luke Saladyga: Submarine Officer to Oracle Innovator–Systems Engineering, Data Centers, & AI
Aug 19, 2025
The QTS Experience 228: with Joel Chakkalakal; Waste, Recycling, and the tubing at Schlitterbahn
Aug 11, 2025
Episode 227: Raiford Smith – Balloon Dogs, Grid Stress, and Data Center Ingenuity
Aug 01, 2025
Episode 226: Cathal Quinn – From Rooftops to Resilience: Data Centers, Mental Health & Irish Grit
Jul 18, 2025
Episode 225: Sean James: Data Centers, Green Tech, and AI Adventures
Jul 03, 2025
Episode 224: Dagi Berhane – Building Data Centers Where There’s No Power, Water, or Patience
Jun 19, 2025
Episode 223: Julie Fedorchak – AI, Energy Policy, and Other Energy Lessons (or How to Not Get Run Out of Town)
Jun 12, 2025
Episode 222: Joshua (JP) Buzzell: Abundance, AI, and Next-Gen Data Center Innovation
Jun 04, 2025
Episode 221: John Coster — Systems Thinking, AI Disruption, and Why Philosophers Make Great Technologists
May 06, 2025
Episode 220: Jim Gao – AI, Data Centers, and the Peanut Butter Apocalypse
Mar 19, 2025
Episode 219: Carrie Goetz – Tech Careers, Mentorship & The Future of Digital Infrastructure
Mar 06, 2025
Episode 218: Dr. Paul Root Wolpe | Conflict Resolution, AI, and Building a More Peaceful Future
Feb 27, 2025
Episode 217; Dan Crosby; Powering the Future – Dan Illuminates the Path to Smarter Energy and Data Centers
Feb 20, 2025
Episode 216: Craig Pennington; AI, Liquid Cooling, and How to Save a Data Center (& Your Marriage?)
Feb 12, 2025
Episode 215: Christine King, Chris Lohse; Nuclear Energy: Big Risks, Bigger Rewards, & Gummy Bears?
Jan 15, 2025
Episode 214: Grandma Stocks and Dragon Flames: Cooling the AI Heatwave with Vertiv’s Greg Stover
Jan 08, 2025
Ep 213: James Walker; Unlocking the Future of Nuclear: Microreactors, Safety Myths, and Salmon Fishermen
Dec 18, 2024
Episode 212: Jeff Barber; Powering the Data Center Future: Fuel Cells, Microgrids, and the Hunt for Mr. Fusion
Dec 12, 2024
Episode 211: Adam Black; Building Leaders, Breaking Barriers, and Why Safety is a Love Language
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 210: Peter Gross; Data Centers on the Edge: AI Disruption, Nordic Advantages, and Golf in Iceland
Nov 27, 2024
Episode 209: Scott Bergs; Dark Fiber, Innovation, and Riding Pigs on the Prairie
Nov 13, 2024
Episode 208: Ciaran Flanagan– Digital Twins, AI, & the Energy Trilemma: Molding Data Centers for Tomorrow
Nov 06, 2024
Episode 207: Buddy Rizer; Rewriting the Data Center Playbook: Innovation, Sushi & Community Tango
Oct 30, 2024
Episode 206: Bill Kleyman; AI Powerhouses, Data Center Evolution, and Bravery in a Shifting Industry
Oct 24, 2024
Episode 205; Jon Trout, AI, Bridging Willing to Able, Building Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Oct 16, 2024
Episode 204: Mark Gusakov; The Human Side of Data Centers; Building Community, Fostering Wellness:
Sep 30, 2024
Episode 203; Brian Jabeck; The Power Dilemma, Workforce Enablement, Community, Nuclear Energy
Sep 11, 2024
Episode 202; David Liggitt, Datacenter Hawk, Emerging Datacenter Markets, Self Generation, Changing Datacenter Landscape
Aug 30, 2024
Episode 201; Geoff Bland, Lifecycle Power, Microgrids, Dispatchable Power, AI Workloads, Data Centers
Aug 14, 2024
Episode 200; Gautham Gnanajothi, Frost & Sullivan, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Centers, Sustainability, Infrastructure, Optimization
Jul 31, 2024
Episode 199; Allen Meeks Data Centers, Fiber Networks, Legacy Infrastructure, AI, Innovation
Jul 17, 2024
Episode 198; Tony Grayson; Networking, AI, Data Centers, Edge Computing, Infrastructure
Jun 19, 2024
Episode 197; Patton Lochridge; Shannon’s Limit, Fiber Scarcity, The New Deployment model, Future of Fiber
Jun 05, 2024
Episode 196; Carlos Francisco; Current Threat Landscape, Data Center, Physical Security, Ninjas
May 22, 2024
Episode 195; Chris Menier; AI Hallucination, Localization, Data Sovereignty, AI Disruption
May 08, 2024
Episode 194, David Meadows; Immersion and Direct to Chip Cooling, Sustainability, Regulation
Apr 24, 2024
Episode 193: Rebecca Weekly; AI Hype Cycles, Open Compute, Hardware Innovation, Data Sovereignty
Apr 10, 2024
Episode 192; Sarah Keller; Innovation Curve, AI, Uber, Augmenting Humans, Ethics
Mar 27, 2024
Episode 191; Intuitive Construction, AI, Doxel, Trade Flow, Data Center.
Mar 13, 2024
Episode 190 Melissa Olson: Smart Infrastructure, Liquid Cooling, Future Engineering
Feb 28, 2024
Episode 189: Dave Bell: Microgrids, Power, Sustainability, Data Center
Feb 14, 2024
Episode 188; Darwesh Singh: Ray Tracing, GPU, Data Center
Jan 31, 2024
Episode 187; Kamaljeet Sanghera, PhD: Data Center, Higher Education, Future Talent
Jan 17, 2024
Episode 186; Sam Prudhomme: Data Center Site Selection
Jan 03, 2024
Episode 185; Dan Flores: Learning Lessons from our past to protect our future.
Dec 20, 2023
Episode 184; Mike Netzer: Predicting the unpredictable world of Data Center Growth
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 183; Alan Howard: Small Modular Reactors, Data Centers, Sustainability
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 182: Adam Levine
Nov 08, 2023
Episode 181; Sebastian Moss: The Stories of the Data Center Industry
Oct 25, 2023
Episode 180; Daniel Kahneman: Artificial Intelligence and Intuition, Future Humans
Oct 11, 2023
Episode 179; Jim Carroll: The Optimistic and Practical Future
Sep 27, 2023
Episode 178; Dean Bubley: The Metaverse for Dolphins, The Future of Wi-Fi, 6G vs 5G
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 177: Anna Erickson
Aug 30, 2023
Episode 176; Danielle Rossi: Liquid Cooling, Data Center Design, Sustainability and Efficiency
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 175; Devlin Liles: The first to Generative AI wins everything ever, Fake News, Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), Mental Health
Aug 02, 2023
Episode 174; Paul Webb: Formula 1, Artificial Intelligence, Formula E, Simulation and the need for Faith
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 173: Atlanta Technology Professionals (ATP)
Jul 05, 2023
Episode 172; Christine King: Nuclear Innovation, Remaining Curious, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Communities
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 171; Mattias Fridström: Shannon’s Limit, The Middle Mile, and Telecom Security
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 170; Nikolas Badminton: The “What If”, Foresight and Trends, AI and Future Tech
Jun 14, 2023
Episode 169; Kirk Offel: Datacenters, Default Aggressive Mindset, 5th Industrial Revolution, Embracing Failure, Serving the Veteran Community
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 168; Brian Moon: Pacific Telecommunications Council, Advancing Telecom, The Spirit of Aloha and Ohana
May 31, 2023
Episode 167; Garry Golden: The Fear of Thinking in Abstract Terms, AI Avatars, Parenting, and the Slow Pace of Fast Change.
May 24, 2023
Episode 166; Dr. John Zerilli: AI in the Legal System, Emotional response to ChatGPT, ML Bias.
May 16, 2023
Episode 165; Travis Wright: Data Centers and Nuclear Energy, Energy Storage
May 09, 2023
Episode 164; Gerd Leonhard: Technology and the future of Humanity
May 03, 2023
Episode 163; Einat Weiss: AI, Machine Learning, Personalized Customer Experience, The Future Marketplace
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 162; Dr. Albert Meige: Magic Shows, Complex Problems, Algorithmic Bias, Generative AI, ChatGPT, Existential Risk
Apr 19, 2023
Episode 161; Dr. David Maimon: the Darkweb, Evidenced Based Research, Cybercrime, Future Law Policing
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 160; Jon Trout: Digital Infrastructure, Chaos, Future Work, Cultural Stigmas, Operational Clarity
Apr 05, 2023
Episode 159; Larry Hack: Extreme IT, Extreme Sport, Wingsuit, Cave Diving
Mar 29, 2023
Episode 158; Lawrence Gasman: Quantum Computing and Quantum Encryption
Mar 22, 2023
Episode 157; Dr. Avi Loeb: Sentient AI, The Enigma of Oumuamua, Aliens and Scientific resistance, AI Spaceships, The purpose of the Universe
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 156; Dr. Kendal Hartley: Implications of Technology on Learning; ChaptGPT, Smartphones, Self-Regulated Learning
Mar 08, 2023
Episode 155; Dean Nelson: Modern Economy, Digital Infrastructure, Future Work, Sustainability, Data Centers
Mar 01, 2023
Episode 154; Yash Mehta: Architecture, Future Buildings, OpenAI, 3D Printing, New Engineering
Feb 22, 2023
Episode 153; Dr. Neale Martin: Dystopia, Executive mind Vs Habitual Mind; Unconscious Bias, Technology and Habits
Feb 15, 2023