Our world has become more and more digital, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has kicked the world's transition to a completely digital world into hyperdrive. It got the squad thinking, how is the infrastructure changing to support our data driven and digitized lifestyles? Here's a clue: DATA CENTERS. Enter our guest for this week, Drew Thompson, AVP of Data Centers and Critical Infrastructure at Black & Veatch. Tune in to hear:

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• what are data centers?
  
• how to they relate to the cloud?
  
• how do we rely on data centers in our everyday life?
  
• how have data centers enabled our virtual world since the onset of the pandemic?
  
• why is data so important?
  
• how are data centers going to enable continued technological advancement globally?
  
• how do data centers affect our current goal of combating carbon emissions?
  
• what's the future of data centers and infrastructure look like to support human advancement?
  

All this and more, on Generation STEM!

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