All episodes of Where the Internet Lives

Where the Internet Lives

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Machine Learning Unlocks a New Era for Music

Hanoi Hantrakul is a former AI resident at Google working on creative applications of machine learning for music.

Published 07/12/23

Where the Internet Lives

Published 07/12/23

A Finnish Paper Town Becomes a Digital Hub

Mikko Green is an operations manager at Google's data center in Hamina, Finland.

Published 06/28/23

From Despair to a Dream Job in the Trades

Oregon Tradeswomen is an organization devoted to helping women like Sarah Hess build careers in construction, manufacturing, mechanical, and utility trades.

Published 06/14/23

A Creative Water Solution for a Dutch Data Center

Google partnered with North Water, a Dutch water treatment company, to harness water from a network of canals to cool its data center.

Published 05/31/23

The ‘Gaygler’ Fighting for Same-Sex Rights in Taiwan

Ian is an operations engineer at Google’s data center in Changhua County, Taiwan.

Published 05/17/23

From Trauma to Triumph

Data centers are the latest in a long list of big projects that Dave Moody has tackled over three decades running a construction company.

Published 05/03/23

Data Centers Help Fuel the Solar-Energy Boom

As the digital tools behind solar get more sophisticated, data centers have the potential to be the backbone of the clean energy economy.

Published 04/19/23

From Furniture to Fiber, a Town Changed

Today, communities like Lenoir are often seen as great sites for data centers because of their strong industrial histories.

Published 04/05/23

Data Center on the Prairie

In Tennessee, the digital future is merging with the ecological past.

Published 03/22/23

A Preview of Season 3

This season we explore how data centers change the world around them.

Published 03/01/23

“The Most Important Things Are Invisible”

Bikash Koley is VP and head of global networking at Google.

Published 01/27/22

“Scale Beyond Our Imagination”

Majd Bakar is VP of engineering at Google Fitbit.

Published 01/27/22

“A Big Step In Our Journey”

Tara Varghese leads Google’s corporate water stewardship efforts.

Published 01/27/22

“Holy Cow, This Is What You Are Building?”

Sarah Godbehere manages construction for Google data centers.

Published 01/27/22

“It Gets My Heart Beating”

Andreas van der Linden is a data center technician at Google's data center in the Netherlands.

Published 01/27/22

“Challenges Are Expected”

Mamoudou "D" Diallo is a site lead for Google’s data center in New Albany, Ohio.

Published 12/09/21

“I Never Thought It Would Be Possible”

Juliana Conroy-Hoey is a mechanical engineer for Google data centers in Europe.

Published 12/09/21

“We Know Who’s Here and Why”

Libby Davis manages security at Google's data centers in Iowa.

Published 12/09/21

“I Feel Like I’ve Seen It All”

Kenny “KP” Philpot is an environmental health and safety program manager at Google's data center in Georgia.

Published 12/09/21

“Little Pieces of a Big Puzzle”

Damian Diaz is a facilities technician at Google’s data center in New Albany, Ohio.

Published 12/09/21

Season 2: More Stories About the People Who Run the Internet

In this season, we have 10 stories about the people who run the Internet.

Published 12/06/21

Six: The Future

What will data centers look like in 10, 50, or 10,000 years?

Published 12/10/20

Five: What If?

Power outages? Hurricanes? Wildfires? Zombies? Google data centers have to keep operating in even the most unexpected events.

Published 12/10/20

Four: A Quest for 24/7 Clean Energy

What would it take to run data centers on clean electricity, everywhere, every hour of every day?

Published 12/10/20