{"podcast":{"title":"Disruptors","slug":"disruptors-897695","podcast_index_feed_id":897695,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/aWlX_ddg","website_url":"https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/rbc-disruptors/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f17078a4-4277-4c0a-8a65-e1d7050657be/db9eec98-9a9c-4ed1-b314-0770531af60f/3000x3000/image002.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Royal Bank of Canada","episode_count":228,"summary":"Disruptors, now in its 10th season, has become your front-row seat to Canada’s innovation story—200+ episodes exploring the people, ideas, and technologies reshaping Canada’s future. Each episode, hosted by John Stackhouse, SVP, Office of the CEO at Royal Bank of Canada—and former Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail—cuts through the hype and focuses on what you need to know. This season, we’re leaning into urgency: the global economy is shifting, geopolitics are noisy, and Canada needs to respond. You’ll hear from founders, investors, scientists, operators, and policy leaders at the forefront. Listen for a clearer understanding of the tech and innovation shaping Canada and the world—and practical insights to help you make sense of what’s coming next.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695"},"episode":{"title":"Power to Compute: How Alberta Is Powering the AI Age","slug":"power-to-compute-how-alberta-is-powering-the-ai-age","published_at":"2025-12-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695/power-to-compute-how-alberta-is-powering-the-ai-age","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695","url":"https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/rbc-disruptors/","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1313/p.podderapp.com/4376325916/pscrb.fm/rss/p/afp-933978-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/3de6e51a-73da-4b83-96b0-d93c1141855f/episodes/c010a052-1196-4d4a-82e4-a18e8feaf00e/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3de6e51a-73da-4b83-96b0-d93c1141855f&awEpisodeId=c010a052-1196-4d4a-82e4-a18e8feaf00e&feed=aWlX_ddg","summary":"Energy planners used to talk about a “trilemma”: reliability, affordability and sustainability. As AI reshapes the global economy and data centres demand thousands of megawatts of new load, Alberta is adding a fourth leg to the stool — velocity — turning it into an energy quadlema. At the edge of Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton, the Keephills and Sundance power sites are being reimagined from coal-era workhorses into “AI-ready” power hubs. TransAlta is converting units to natural gas, opening up land for data centres and using existing transmission and cooling infrastructure to shorten the path from project to power. In this episode of Disruptors: The Canada Project, John Stackhouse speaks with Premier Danielle Smith and John Kousinioris, President & CEO of TransAlta, about how Alberta is experimenting with a new “bring your own power” model for hyperscalers — and how the recent Canada–Alberta energy MOU aims to unlock thousands of megawatts of AI computing capacity. Alberta is positioning itself as a testing ground for how countries can build domestic compute on their own grids — instead of just exporting raw energy — while navigating an energy quadlema of reliability, affordability, sustainability and speed to power.","meta_description":"Energy planners used to talk about a “trilemma”: reliability, affordability and sustainability. As AI reshapes the global economy and data centres demand…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1611,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/disruptors-897695/episodes/power-to-compute-how-alberta-is-powering-the-ai-age/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695/power-to-compute-how-alberta-is-powering-the-ai-age.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}