S5 Bonus: Preventing the AI Meltdown: Re-Engineering Data Centers for 100kW+ GPU Racks with Phill Lawson-Shanks of Aligned

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Nov 3, 2021 · 35m

Phill Lawson-Shanks has had a convoluted path into tech. In the past, he worked for a company that owned and operated airpots in Europe. He got involved in the very early days of servers - so early, that this was back when they were just PC's under someones desk. This took him down the path of migrating mainframes to more cost effective, productivity machines. He worked for Compaq at one point, which brought him to the states. Personally, he enjoys risk taking. He rides a Ducati motorbike way too fast, enjoys adventure sports, jumping out of planes, and rock climbing.

In 2013, the founders of…