The AI, Energy and Climate podcast explores questions about the extent to which AI can offer efficient solutions for climate change and the energy transition. Podcast host David Sandalow invites experts to discuss these solutions with him. AI, Energy and Climate launched its first episode at the end of February 2025. The podcast is produced by the DSR Network.
Podcast URL: https://thedsrnetwork.com/category/ai-energy-and-climate
Episode Guide
| No. | Episode | Title | Listen to episode | Published | Description Excerpt | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 29 | Economic Growth, Climate Change and AI: Lord Nicholas Stern and Dr. Mattia Romani | 2026-03-10 | Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the landmark Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, recently released his new book The Growth Story of the ... | Economic growth, Climate action, AI for climate, Clean energy transition, Cities and urban design, Energy efficiency, Battery material discovery, Investment and capex, Open access publishing, Social capital, Multilateralism, India AI summit, Systemic transformation | |
| 28 | 28 | India AI Impact Summit: Arunabha Ghosh | 2026-03-03 | More than 35,000 people attended the recent India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, which featured speeches from more than 20 heads of state and dozens ... | AI summit, Data center sustainability, Sustainable data center siting, Climate resilience, Early warning systems, Clean electrons optimization, Water management, Digital sandboxes, Phygital sandboxes, Linguistic diversity, AI for agriculture, Grid integration, Capacity building, Public private partnerships, CEEW | |
| 27 | 27 | Power Prices, Data Centers and US-Canada Geopolitics | 2026-02-04 | In a high-profile speech, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently declared “We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.” US government officials ... | Power prices, Data center demand, US-Canada geopolitics, Wholesale markets, Capacity markets, Transformer supply chain, Interconnection delays, Data center tariffs, Demand response, Offshore wind, Nuclear contracts, SMR development, Electricity exports, Transmission planning | |
| 26 | 26 | AI, Innovation and the Power Sector: Sandy Grace | 2026-01-28 | Electric utilities are not generally known as hotbeds of innovation. What would it take for electric utilities to become more innovative? What impact would that ... | AI integration, Utility innovation, Data center demand, Dynamic line ratings, Demand flexibility, Interconnection timelines, Regulatory sandboxing, Totex model, Performance based rates, Vegetation management, Satellite imaging, Underground asset mapping, National grid partners, Emerald AI, Reliability and affordability | |
| 25 | 25 | Power Prices, Data Centers and the Bipartisan PJM Agreement: Peter Fox-Penner | 2026-01-21 | Increasing power prices are a hot topic in the United States. Last week the Trump administration, eight Democratic governors and five Republican governors announced a ... | Power prices, Data centers demand, PJM region, Capacity markets, Reliability backstop auction, 15 year contracts, Interconnection delays, Transmission planning, Renewable cost reductions, Supply chain constraints, Price caps, Load flexibility, Demand response, Electrification policy, AI data center demand | |
| 24 | 24 | A Net-Positive AI Energy Framework: Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes | 2025-12-11 | AI’s huge energy needs are getting enormous media attention. AI’s potential to make energy more secure, clean and affordable is getting less attention. What would … | ||
| 23 | 23 | Data Center Water Use: Alexis Abramson, Julio Friedmann and Angela Yuan | 2025-10-07 | How significant is data center water use? Is it tiny in relation to other sectors, significant in some water-stressed regions, or both? Can new liquid-based … | ||
| 22 | 22 | Amory Lovins: Reflections of an AI Skeptic | 2025-09-16 | Amory Lovins has been a leading thinker on energy policy for more than 50 years. Several months ago he wrote an article with the provocative … | ||
| 21 | 21 | Jennifer Granholm: Reflections of an AI Optimist | 2025-09-10 | After a pause over the summer, we’re restarting the AI, Energy and Climate Podcast with a conversation between Jennifer Granholm, former U.S. Secretary of Energy … | ||
| 20 | 20 | Nick Chaset: Octopus Energy, Grid Flexibility and Data Center Load Growth | 2025-06-09 | Octopus Energy, a global technology and energy company, was founded in the UK 10 years ago with the goal of helping to transform electric utilities. … | ||
| 19 | 19 | Damilola Ogunbiyi: AI, Energy Access and the Digital Divide | 2025-05-12 | More than a billion people in the world live in energy poverty, with little or no access to electricity. Can AI help put an end … | ||
| 18 | 18 | Arun Majumdar: AI, Energy and Education | 2025-05-05 | Arun Majumdar is the inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University and previously served as Founding Director of the Advanced … | ||
| 17 | 17 | Jensen Huang: The Power of Intelligence Infrastructure | 2025-04-28 | Thirty-two years after Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA, the company is at the center of the AI revolution and the third-most valuable company in the world. … | ||
| 16 | 16 | Taylor Sparks and Colin McCormick: AI for Materials Innovation Part 2 | 2025-04-24 | Can AI help discover new materials, leading to dramatic breakthroughs in clean energy technologies? In Episode #1 of our deep dive on this topic, host … | ||
| 15 | 15 | Taylor Sparks and Colin McCormick: AI for Materials Innovation Part 1 | 2025-04-21 | What could make dramatic, transformational changes in the fight against climate change? One answer — breakthroughs in the materials sciences that result in even better … | ||
| 14 | 14 | Laura Cozzi: IEA’s Energy and AI Report | 2025-04-14 | On April 10, the International Energy Agency released a major report on energy and AI. The report explores topics including electricity demand for AI, how … | ||
| 13 | 13 | Alp Kucukelbir: AI in Industry, Education, and More | 2025-04-07 | Alp Kucukelbir serves as Chief Scientist at Fero Labs, teaches two courses on AI and climate change at Columbia University, and wrote several chapters in … | ||
| 12 | 12 | Chris James Part 2: AI, Power Supplies and Innovation | 2025-04-03 | Join host David Sandalow and Chris James, CEO and Founder of Engine No. 1, as they discuss how to supply the rapidly growing demand for … | ||
| 11 | 11 | Chris James Part 1: AI Power Demand | 2025-03-31 | What forces are shaping the explosive growth in demand for electric power for AI? Do revenue projections for AI justify the massive scale of capital … | ||
| 10 | 10 | Anne Bouverot: The Paris AI Action Summit and Beyond | 2025-03-27 | The food system is responsible for almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, climate change is dramatically affecting the food … | ||
| 9 | 9 | Anne Bouverot: The Paris AI Action Summit and Beyond | 2025-03-24 | Special Envoy Anne Bouverot was in charge of organizing last month’s AI Action Summit in Paris for French President Emmanuel Macron. Several dozen heads of … | ||
| 8 | 8 | Dan Loehr: Can LLM’s Help in the Fight Against Climate Change? | 2025-03-20 | Large language models are some of the most rapidly-adopted products in human history and are transforming workflows, education and much more. Can LLMs help in … | ||
| 7 | 7 | Bill Brown: Are Data Centers the Killer App for Clean Tech? | 2025-03-17 | Bill Brown started two clean tech unicorns — private companies worth more than $1 billion. Today he thinks data centers could be the “killer app” … | ||
| 6 | 6 | Bernhard Lorentz and Johannes Truby: AI’s Energy and Environmental Footprint | 2025-03-13 | AI is the hot topic at this year’s CERAWeek, where more than 10,000 people are gathering for one of the largest energy conferences of the … | ||
| 5 | 5 | Raj Kapoor: Climate Tech Investing and AI | 2025-03-10 | Raj Kapoor is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Climactic, a seed venture firm focused on climate tech. Join host David Sandalow as he and … | ||
| 4 | 4 | Julio Friedmann on AI, Climate Change and Carbon Capture | 2025-03-06 | Julio Friedmann — the “Carbon Wrangler” — is Chief Scientist at Carbon Direct and one of the world’s leading experts on carbon capture and decarbonization … | ||
| 3 | 3 | Reed Hundt on AI and Green Capital | 2025-03-04 | Reed Hundt helped shape the modern Internet as Chair of the Federal Communications Commission in the 1990s. He served as a board member at Intel … | ||
| 2 | 2 | Michael Liebreich on AI, Data Centers and Energy: Past, Present and Future | 2025-02-27 | How much electric power will AI need in the years ahead? How can that demand be met cheaply and sustainably? What can we learn from … | ||
| 1 | 1 | Harnessing AI to Fight Climate Change | 2025-02-24 | Welcome to the AI, Energy and Climate Podcast! On the inaugural episode of this new series, host David Sandalow is joined by Colin McCormick and … |