<p>Data centers don't exactly have a reputation for being climate heroes… but what if they could be? This week on <em>Everybody in the Pool</em>, Molly sits down with Jasper de Vries, co-founder and CEO of Lucend, to talk about the surprisingly wild world of data center optimization — and why the industry has been leaving billions of dollars and millions of megawatt hours on the table.</p><p>In this conversation, Jasper explains how Lucend’s platform uses machine learning and sensor data to make data centers dramatically more efficient. He also lays out a vision for the industry’s future; one where data centers generate their own renewable power, store it in batteries, and feed flexibility back to the grid on demand.</p><p><br></p><h3>We talk about:</h3><ul><li>Why data centers are sitting on a goldmine of untapped efficiency, and why they haven't captured it until now</li><li>How Lucend uses 280 billion sensor readings to open up the "black box" of data center operations, saving customers an average of 25% on energy and 30% on water</li><li>Why it’s so hard to make even the smallest changes in how a data center operates</li><li>How "transparent AI" builds operator trust by showing every step of the recommendation process</li><li>The water vs. energy trade-off in cooling, and why it's more complicated than headlines suggest</li><li>Why Scope 3 emissions from hardware are the dirty secret behind Big Tech's broken climate pledges</li><li>The vision for data centers as flexible grid assets, and what’s needed to get them there</li></ul><h3>Links:</h3><ul><li>Lucend: <a href="https://www.getlucend.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.getlucend.com/</a></li><li>All episodes: <a href="https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/</a></li><li>Join our Discord! <a href="https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/2EsDhwQC2z</a></li><li>Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: <a href="https://www.mollywood.co/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mollywood.co/</a></li><li>Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: <a href="https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>