The Cost of Compute: A $7 Trillion Race to Scale Data Centers
Regular price $35.50Join The Explorers Club to learn about the design principles and strategies from nature that point to a potential sustainable future in the race for compute.
Inside a narrow window of time, nearly a trillion dollars will be spent on building out data centers. We have all heard the horror stories of depleted water supply, a failing energy grid, and costs passed along to ratepayers …and even a few communities who are standing up to the tech giants. But if we all want the functionality of a cloud, then the question is not whether we have data centers or even where we put them, but how they function.
Nature uses one structure to achieve multiple functions. So what if this investment moment in digital infrastructure was utilized to drive co-benefits for planetary and social systems? The key is to define the built system more broadly, incorporating regional waste streams as inputs while producing clean energy, clean water, and healthy soil on site. The good news is that off-the-shelf technology exists to make this a reality and a handful of infrastructure companies are putting it into action.
In-person tickets are $20 for Members, and $35 for the General Public.
Check-in will begin at 6:00 pm, with a beer and wine reception from 6:00 – 7:00 pm