Rethinking the Data Center strategy

As AI companies race to build massive data centers, communities across the country are pushing back. In this conversation, Jeff Thramann, CEO of LT350, explains why he believes the tech industry needs to rethink how it builds AI infrastructure—and move beyond the traditional model of massive, centralized data center campuses. LT350 is developing a distributed approach: modular AI data centers integrated into solar parking canopies. The concept uses underutilized land like existing parking lots to create smaller computing infrastructure while also providing vehicle shade and generating energy on site. Jeff discusses the growing public backlash against large data center projects, how that opposition could reshape the industry, and why the future of AI infrastructure may be smaller, more distributed, and built into the spaces we already have. _______________ Follow! Like! Share! Subscribe! WZTV on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foxnashville/ WZTV on X: https://twitter.com/FOXNashville https://fox17.com Email us: news@fox17.com Call the Newsroom: 615.369.1717 Fox 17 provides local news, weather, sports, traffic and entertainment for Nashville and nearby towns and communities in Middle Tennessee, including Forest Hills, Brentwood, Franklin, Fairview, Dickson, Clarksville, White House, Greenbrier, Springfield, Gallatin, Hartsville, Lebanon, Mt Juliet, Smyrna, College Grove, Thompson’s Station, Centerville, Murfreesboro, Columbia, Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Manchester, McMinnville, Smithville, Sparta, Cookeville, Hohenwald, Waverly, Camden, Paris, Lafayette, Portland, and in Kentucky, Russelville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Alvaton, Scottsville, Hopkinsville, Glasgow. #WZTV #fox17news #foxnashville #nashville #tennessee #tn #middletn #localnews #breakingnews #trending