Power & Responsibility – The Data Centre Podcast

Morgan Flanagan Creagh talks to Echelon's Sr. Vice President of Engineering, Andy Tolbert, to bust water-usage myths and break down the plain-English engineering behind sustainable cooling and how we are engineering water draw out of the equation:
Near-Zero Water Draw: How closed-loop systems continuously recycle cooling fluids.
Irish Weather as an Asset: Utilising our climate for "free cooling" 70% to 90% of the year without power-hungry compressors.
The AI Density Leap: How we design infrastructure to handle the massive shift from 10kW to 250kW+ racks.

In the latest episode of Power and Responsibility, we explore Fault Ride Through (FRT) – a new approach to how large energy users respond to momentary disturbances on the electricity grid.
Rather than immediately disconnecting from the grid when a fault causes a voltage or frequency disturbance, FRT enables facilities to remain connected and quickly restore demand as the grid recovers. This helps avoid sudden drops in demand that can make grid management more challenging.
Echelon's Paul Harris, Energy Technology & Innovation Lead, and Daniel Moloney, Grid Development Lead, join Morgan Flanagan Creagh to explain how FRT works and the role it can play in supporting a more stable and resilient electricity grid.

With an increasing number of data centre operators generating power through onsite energy centres, Craig McKechnie talks to Cormac Nevin, head of Energy Systems at Echelon Data Centres, about what this means for national electricity grids, for energy security, for the digital economy, and for climate commitments and the sustainability agenda.

Host Craig McKechnie talks to Marcos Byrne, Senior Policy Analyst with Wind Energy Ireland, about the potential of private wires to support the national grid, facilitate the development of renewable energy resources, and help make large energy users, such as data centres, more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable.

The GAA holds a special place in the heart of every community in Ireland – it's very much  'Where We All Belong' – and funding is vital for the great work it does. Gavin Weir, Strength and Conditioning Coach with Wicklow GAA, joins host Craig McKechnie to talk about sport in the community and the benefits of businesses playing their part by supporting organisations in areas where they operate.
Power & Responsibility is produced by 4TC on behalf of Echelon Data Centres.