1006: In Case You Missed It in June 2026
In this month's episode of ICYMI, hear from Chip Huyen, Andrey Kurenkov, Frank Basso and Gilbert Eijkelenboom, discussing why moats are shifting toward physical systems and accumulated product intuition, how Astrocade built vibe coding before the term existed, what it's really like inside a deafeningly loud AI data center, why only 15% of people are technically self-aware and whether AGI requires anything like consciousness.
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In this episode you will learn:
(00:00) The Cost of Building Software Is Going to Zero — Now What?
(10:18) We Built Vibe Coding Before Anyone Called It That
(21:08) AI Data Centers Are Louder Than a Rock Concert
(28:39) Why 85% of Data Scientists Can't Communicate Their Work
(33:46) Are Humans Also Just Predicting the Next Token?
1003: Building an AI Data Center End to End, with Lightning AI’s Frank Basso
Frank Basso, VP of Infrastructure at Lightning AI, joins Jon Krohn for a rare ground-level tour of the one layer of the AI stack the show had never covered in over a thousand episodes: the physical data center. Frank explains how Lightning AI provisions its 35,000-plus GPUs through hyperscale co-location, why everything new is liquid-to-chip cooled, how GPUs talk to each other over ultra-fast east-west networks, and what it’s actually like to stand inside a 110-decibel AI data hall. He also debunks the most persistent myths about data-center water and electricity use, and makes the case for fuel cells, nuclear power, and 800-volt DC distribution as the path forward.
Additional materials: https://www.superdatascience.com/1003
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(02:47) What actually makes an AI data center different from a traditional one
(06:04) How Lightning AI provisions its 35,000+ GPUs through hyperscale co-location
(24:01) Why liquid cooling doesn’t waste water, debunking the biggest data-center myth
(29:46) East-west vs. north-south networks, explained
(43:47) “Screaming banshees”: why AI data halls run at 105–110 decibels
(51:52) Why data centers don’t actually drive up your power bill