# 36. Sustainable AI Infrastructure with Clean Energy Innovation with Tamanna Sait Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-currents-6702988/36-sustainable-ai-infrastructure-with-clean-energy-innovation-with-tamanna-sait Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-currents-6702988/36-sustainable-ai-infrastructure-with-clean-energy-innovation-with-tamanna-sait.md Podcast: [Cloud Currents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-currents-6702988) Published: 2025-07-09T18:16:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LDB1573501797.mp3?updated=1752085299 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LDB1573501797.mp3?updated=1752085299 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cloud-currents-6702988/episodes/36-sustainable-ai-infrastructure-with-clean-energy-innovation-with-tamanna-sait Duration seconds: 2429 ## Resource Today Matt Pacheco sits down with Tamanna Sait, VP of Engineering for Cloud at Crusoe, who brings over 25 years of experience spanning IBM's public clouds, Facebook's massive private cloud architecture, and customer-side optimization at Netflix and Airbnb. In this episode, we discuss how Crusoe is pioneering the world's first vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform by harnessing large-scale clean energy sources, including their groundbreaking 1.2-gigawatt Abilene Data Center and fully geothermal-powered Iceland facility. Tamanna shares practical insights on cost optimization strategies that don't compromise reliability, the evolution from traditional cloud to AI-optimized platforms, and leadership principles for building resilient technical teams. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cloud-currents-6702988/episodes/36-sustainable-ai-infrastructure-with-clean-energy-innovation-with-tamanna-sait/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-currents-6702988/36-sustainable-ai-infrastructure-with-clean-energy-innovation-with-tamanna-sait.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.