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Nuclear-Powered Data Centers with Oklo’s Caroline Cochran and Brian Gitt 

George Rockett’s latest podcast delves into the world of advanced nuclear technology with Oklo’s COO and founder, Caroline Cochran, and Head of Business Development, Brian Gitt. Follow Oklo’s journey from its inception at Y Combinator to its pioneering role in nuclear energy innovation. Learn about their approach to micro-nuclear reactors, safety features, and the strategic partnership with Sam Altman’s AltC for public listing. Explore how Oklo’s technology will be a game-changer for data centers, aligning with the “At the Intersection of Data and Energy” track at Yotta 2024—underscoring their potential to power the digital infrastructure of the future. Listen to the audio podcast on Spotify or watch the video version on the Yotta website.  

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NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY

• Vultr, a cloud hosting firm, has expanded its Seattle cloud data region with NVIDIA H100 GPU clusters. (Vultr CEO J.J. Kardwell will join Yotta’s “Deploying AI Compute” track as a speaker.)
• OpenAI hiring team to work with hardware vendors on “co-design of future AI accelerators.”
• AWS acquires Talen’s nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania.
• Cloudflare launched its “Magic Cloud Networking” service after acquiring Nefeli Networks, which will help its networking functions keep pace with applications in the cloud.   
• Zoom “decreasing dependence on cloud services,” boosts colo data center portfolio to 29.
• Flexnode, a modular data center startup, secured $8.85 million Series A funding for global deployments of its modular edge data centers. (Flexnode CEO Andrew Lindsey will be speaking at Yotta.) 
• NVIDIA is set to introduce its next-generation Blackwell graphics architecture, featuring GPUs that are expected to consume up to 1000kW power.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprises’ first-quarter revenue fell short of expectations due to GPU shortages.
• CoreWeave to lease 16MW of data center space from cryptominer Core Scientific.
• Plug Power predicts data center hydrogen fuel cell “deployments at some scale” in late 2025.
• Lonestar Data Holdings makes history with their successful data storage test on the moon, transmitting the Declaration of Independence. (We talked to Yotta speaker and Lonestar CEO Chris Stott in this podcast.) 

ONE MORE THING

We are thrilled to share that the Yotta team will be at DCD>Connect | New York next week! Join us at the Marriot Marquis Times Square for two full days of content, technology discovery and unparalleled networking opportunities. Time is running out—get your pass today and come visit us at PoP #55 to learn more about the future of digital infrastructure!