Curated playlist · 05
AI is not weightless
Maps, data centers, grids, rates, land, water, and the physical places where artificial intelligence lands.
The question beneath the question
Who pays when digital ambition becomes physical demand?
The cloud arrives through particular grids, permits, contracts, neighborhoods, and balance sheets. Technical growth never floats above geography or public choices.
“The cost is being spread to everyone in the region.”
Ari Peskoe
The listening order
Each stop changes the question.
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John Lenahan
The Missing Half of AI: Geospatial Intelligence, w/ John Lenahan
Use geospatial intelligence to see why context and source chains matter.
Sharon Goldman
The Real-World Impact of AI, w/ Sharon Goldman
Move from abstract compute demand to communities, infrastructure, and local agency.
Ari Peskoe
Are You Subsidizing AI Data Centers?, w/ Ari Peskoe
Follow electricity-market design to the question hidden in the monthly bill.
Carry it forward
Ask where the system runs, what it requires, who approved it, and whose balance sheet carries the downside.
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