Christian Belady

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 18, 2024 by Christian Belady · across every show →

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Jul 18, 2024
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Belady: Microsoft Data Center Team Had No Dedicated Power Specialist in 2010
“When I was running the data center team back in 2010, 2011, we didn't even have a power guy. Right? It was a non-issue, and it took me a year to justify hiring a power guy, and that guy was, and I think you interviewed him, was Brian Janis.”
Christian Belady Jul 18, 2024 ▶ 26:10 Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?
Jul 18, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Belady: Hired Biologists onto Data Center R&D Team
“And so in my R and D team, I hired biologists because I do believe there's this responsibility we have with technology to actually integrate it with nature.”
Christian Belady Jul 18, 2024 ▶ 41:28 Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?
Jul 18, 2024 positive
Opinion
Belady: Dispatching data center backup generators could solve short-term grid shortages
“That's something that we could probably use everywhere in the short term. That's a way to solve that, the energy shortage problem. I don't think it's magic. Every data center has generation, backup generation. Why, why can't it be used?”
Christian Belady Jul 18, 2024 ▶ 34:58 Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?
Jul 18, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Belady: AI Growth Is Constrained by Broad Physical Supply Chains, Not Just Power
“I think we're moving into a world where it's not It's not demand driven, it's supply driven. You know, and we talk about power, but I think it's more than just power. It's trades to build data centers, right?”
Christian Belady Jul 18, 2024 ▶ 22:43 Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?
Jul 18, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Belady: Building one Virginia data center required all electricians within 200 miles
“I remember there was a time where I was building a data center in Virginia and we consumed a 200 mile radius of all of the electricians in the region in Southern Virginia had to pay overtime for them to travel. And that was for 30 megawatts.”
Christian Belady Jul 18, 2024 ▶ 22:59 Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?
Jul 18, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Belady: Cloud applications are 93% to 95% more efficient than on-premise
“We did a study that I sponsored back in, I'd say maybe about 10 years ago or so, looking at the efficiency of the cloud versus on-prem and it was like 95% or 93% more, more efficient to run your applications in the cloud because you don't have as many wasted a…”
Christian Belady Jul 18, 2024 ▶ 14:30 Can chip efficiency slow AI's energy demand?
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