# Episode 105 - Using AI to build AI, with James Stirrat-Ellis of Build

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Podcast: [DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dcd-zero-downtime-the-bi-weekly-data-center-show-4898114)
Published: 2026-06-18T16:11:39+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2252

## Resource

Data center site selection is a crucial step in the construction process, and picking the right piece of land can be the difference between a project succeeding and failing. For AI data center developers with money burning a hole in their corporate back pockets, separating the promising propositions from duds is a time-consuming business. Build thinks it can help with an AI-powered system that it says can help sift through potential sites to identify the best parcels of land. In this podcast, CEO James Stirrat-Ellis explains how his company's system combines artificial and human intelligence to speed up projects, and how it has worked with the UK government on its much-vaunted AI Growth Zones.

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