This Week in Cleantech (07/07/2025) - How can data centers become more flexible?

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This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.

This week’s episode features special guest Maeve Allsup from Latitude Media, who wrote about how a a new startup allowed an Oracle data center using Nvidia GPUs to cut its power consumption 25% during hours of peak grid demand without sacrificing performance.

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is JoeBen Bevirt, founder of Joby Aviation, a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service. This week, its electric air taxi completed a series of piloted, vertical-takeoff-and-landing wingborne flights in Dubai. Congratulations, JoeBen!

This Week in Cleantech — July 07, 2025

1. Ford Forced to Idle Multiple US Plants on China Magnet Shortage – Bloomberg
2. China's Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future – New York Times
3. Climate threat to U.S. infrastructure is accelerating. Here's what's most at risk – CNBC
4. Red States–And AI–Are Big Losers From Trump’s Clean Energy Massacre – Forbes
5. Nvidia and Oracle tapped this startup to flex a Phoenix data center – Latitude Media

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