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Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris - #104

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris". Fred went inside the Equinix data centre that's heating the 2024 Olympic training pool in Paris. During the discussion, we’re joined by Andrew Higgins who is Director of Sustainability and Master Planning for EMEA at Equinix.


Later in the episode, we cover:



We end the show with an email from Keegan Sharpe.


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