Leaders worldwide are moving fast to deploy AI at scale. But scaling AI means more data centers—and data centers consume vast quantities of energy. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey’s Jesse Noffsinger and Pankaj Sachdeva speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about what needs to happen to build new, bigger data centers quickly, as well as to sate their growing hunger for power.

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Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw

Leaders worldwide are moving fast to deploy AI at scale. But scaling AI means more data centers&mdash;and data centers consume vast quantities of energy. On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, McKinsey&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/jesse-noffsinger">Jesse Noffsinger</a> and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/pankaj-sachdeva">Pankaj Sachdeva</a> speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about what needs to happen to build new, bigger data centers quickly, as well as to sate their growing hunger for power.
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<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/a-generational-shift-the-future-of-foreign-aid">A generational shift: The future of foreign aid</a>
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/risk-rebalancing-five-important-geopolitical-risk-questions-for-cios">Risk rebalancing: Five important geopolitical-risk questions for CIOs</a>
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw

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The McKinsey Podcast features conversations with experts from global management-consulting firm McKinsey & Company, focusing on the issues that matter most in business and management.

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Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey &amp; Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

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