{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To","title":"The Hidden Energy Crisis Powering Your ChatGPT Search","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5a7df6cc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2964,"description":"Shawn Cutter, Founder & CEO of EnergiAcres, went from sixth-generation Ohio farmer to Discovery Channel reality TV star to selling his oil and gas software startup to Quorum before Series A. Now he's building circular energy infrastructure that pairs power plants with data centers and greenhouses to make energy count twice. We get into the grid crisis, the cloud vs on-prem debate, and whether data centers will ever make it to space.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n\n00:00 - Intro and guest background\n01:24 - Sixth-generation farmer and family oil and gas roots\n02:39 - The Discovery Channel reality TV show\n07:44 - Building an oil and gas software startup\n10:45 - Getting acquired by Quorum before Series A\n15:39 - Life inside a big company post-acquisition\n19:15 - Mistakes, pivots, and finding his way back\n21:49 - What EnergiAcres actually does\n24:07 - The data center power crisis.\n28:20 - Energy mix and fixing the grid\n31:13 - How data centers evolved and why power demand exploded\n36:27 - Cloud vs on-prem and the cost reality\n39:28 - Water usage and cooling problems\n41:54 - EnergiAcres' greenhouse and circular energy model\n45:23 - SMRs, space data centers, and what comes next\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_ai\nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io\nhttps://www.facebook.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.instagram.com/collide.io\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_io\nhttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.social\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8F_7R-SE-nw_rUP_p1-vdDVWboJt_kcEhdbgrgTEL7E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYjY2/Yjk4MWJiZWFlYmVl/ZGIxYjkxYTdiYTdi/ZGUwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}