Electric Futures
Hosted by Charles Zukoski and Allison Agsten and Chip Zukoski · University of Southern California
5.0from 24 ratings
- 27
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 24
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Electric Futures
Featured by the LA Times, La Opinión, and NPR! Electric Futures is an award-winning podcast series from the University of Southern California exploring lesser-known stories of the energy transition, from the perspectives of the people most impacted by the changes that transition will bring. In Season 3, former USC Provost and current professor Charles Zukoski explores how the demand for AI is altering the fabric of not only California’s Imperial Valley but of communities across the country.
- Publisher
- University of Southern California
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 8 May 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 27 episodes have a transcript.
8 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episodio 8: El Centro de Datos en la Cuadra
23 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 7: Electric Futures Live! Everything You Need to Know About Data Centers
15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Data Center Next Door | Episode 6: The AI Data Center Pushback
Inside a recent episode
Episodio 8: El Centro de Datos en la Cuadra
Published 8 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Como se describió, una de las atracciones del sitio era el trabajo previo del Programa de Informe del Impacto Ambiental, o PEIR, ya que identificaba los centros de datos como un posible uso del terreno. Los grandes centros de datos surgieron para apoyar servicios de transmisión como Netflix, Spotify o Hulu. Toda esta información se almacena en unas computadoras distribuidas globalmente. Cuando escuchamos una canción o vemos una película, lo que experimentamos proviene de estos sistemas. Hoy en día, muchos centros de datos también impulsan el uso de la Inteligencia Artificial, o IA. Aunque el uso de IEA se extiende donde haya internet, su funcionamiento depende de estos centros que requieren enormes cantidades de energía y, por lo tanto, se ubican donde haya energía disponible. […]
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- Shaolei Ren
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- Sean Wilcock
- Rajit Gadh
- Ivan Penn
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 9 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 15 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100
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- Quality
- 26
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
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Charles Zukoski and Allison Agsten and Chip Zukoski host the show. Published by University of Southern California.
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