Zac Smith left his role leading Equinix Metal in June of 2023. Since then, he’s been thinking deeply about the present and potential future of data centers, OEMs, chip makers & more.
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Notes & Links
- Building on global bare metal (Founders Talk #84)
- Whiplash (2014) - IMDb
- You’ll own nothing and be happy - Wikipedia
- From Sun to Oxide (Changelog Interviews #592)
- We have a right to repair! (Changelog Interviews #582)
- SSI Alliance
- Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will reopen for Microsoft
- Ethical Hacker Warns: Check Your Charger ASAP & What Happens After Clicking Adult Sites
Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title | Chapter Duration |
| 1 | 00:00 | Let's talk! | 00:37 |
| 2 | 00:37 | Sponsor: Fly.io | 03:31 |
| 3 | 04:09 | Bass & Friends | 07:11 |
| 4 | 11:20 | The Sandwich Method | 03:07 |
| 5 | 14:27 | The acquisition | 11:43 |
| 6 | 26:09 | The secrets | 09:27 |
| 7 | 35:37 | Sponsor: Socket | 03:29 |
| 8 | 39:05 | Learn from the iPhone | 14:07 |
| 9 | 53:12 | Circularity | 04:51 |
| 10 | 58:03 | OEM frustrations | 02:58 |
| 11 | 1:01:01 | Sponsor: AssemblyAI | 02:17 |
| 12 | 1:03:18 | Sponsor: Wix | 00:54 |
| 13 | 1:04:13 | Doing the 10-year thing | 07:21 |
| 14 | 1:11:34 | Breaking up is hard to GOOG | 04:31 |
| 15 | 1:16:05 | Energy anti-trust | 03:39 |
| 16 | 1:19:44 | Doing the 2-year thing | 04:22 |
| 17 | 1:24:06 | Hydrogen non-bombs | 07:55 |
| 18 | 1:32:01 | Inspired altruism | 02:50 |
| 19 | 1:34:51 | Bye, friends | 01:37 |
| 20 | 1:36:28 | Coming up next (join ++!) | 01:40 |