NEDAS Live! Where Wireline and Wireless Meet

Welcome to NEDAS Live! Where Wireline and Wireless Meet, the podcast where we address the communications infrastructure ecosystem, brought to you by NEDAS.Since 2010, NEDAS programs bring together industry thought leaders, cutting-edge technologies and end-user solutions shaping a new communications infrastructure landscape and enabling a more connected world. Your host is Ilissa Miller, President of NEDAS.

NEDAS Live! Where Wireline and Wireless Meet is a business podcast hosted by NEDAS, with 68 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

NEDAS hosts NEDAS Live! Where Wireline and Wireless Meet, a business show with 68 episodes published.

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  E70: Building Resilient Data Centers for the AI Era — A Conversation with Scott Longhurst, Data Center Services Director at Datalec Precision Installations

  Sep 28, 202644 min

  In this episode of NEDAS Live!, Scott Longhurst, Data Center Services Director at Datalec Precision Installations, explores what it takes to keep data centers resilient as AI drives unprecedented demands for power and cooling. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience, Scott discusses a growing challenge: facilities are being built faster than people can be trained to operate them. He explains how liquid cooling is changing maintenance responsibilities, why proactive maintenance requires more than following a calendar, and how skilled teams and better monitoring help prevent costly failures. The conversation offers practical insights into protecting reliability and improving energy efficiency as the industry races to support the AI era.

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  E69: The Digital Race and the Economics of Delay — A Conversation with Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Foresight

  Aug 4, 202633 min

  Tune in as we are joined by Dr. Atif Ansar, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Foresight, for a compelling conversation about the digital race and the true economics of delay. Dr. Ansar explains why time has become one of the most valuable resources in digital infrastructure, how even brief delays can dramatically affect the economics of data center projects, and why organizations may need a "Chief Time Officer" to bring greater discipline to project delivery. He also explores how data, AI, professional standards, and honest conversations about risk can help companies anticipate challenges, accelerate construction, and remain competitive in a rapidly evolving industry.

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  E68: How ESI Is Redefining Mission-Critical Resiliency and Fuel Logistics

  Jul 26, 202634 min

  Tune in as Brittani Clarke Clayman, Director of Marketing & Sustainability at ESI Total Fuel Management, explores how strategic fuel management strengthens the reliability, resiliency, and sustainability of data centers and other mission-critical infrastructure. Brittani discusses the often-overlooked risks posed by fuel quality, storage conditions, and emergency-delivery logistics; the potential of cleaner alternatives such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO); and how data-driven tools can help operators anticipate worst-case scenarios and protect uptime. She also shares why sustainability and reliability can reinforce one another, as well as her thoughts on expanding career pathways into the rapidly growing digital-infrastructure industry.

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  E67: Building What's Next: Steve Altizer on the Modular Revolution and the AI Data Center Boom

  Jul 19, 202643 min

  In this episode of NEDAS Live!, Steve Altizer, President and CEO of Compu Dynamics, explores how modular infrastructure is transforming the way AI-ready, edge, and high-density data centers are designed and deployed. He discusses the advantages of factory-built systems—including greater speed, scalability, flexibility, quality, and predictability—while addressing workforce constraints, liquid-cooling needs, and growing community concerns about data center development. He also shares how Compu Dynamics Modular is expanding its manufacturing capabilities to meet extraordinary demand and explains his vision for a future in which standardized, fully integrated data centers can be configured and ordered online.

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  E66: Delivering the AI Era: Building a 100-Terabit Midwest Connectivity Corridor

  Jun 15, 202645 min

  In this episode of NEDAS Live!, we are joined by Priscilla Favors of Aureon, Chris Crowe of T3 Broadband, Kurt Raaflaub of Nokia, and Jeff Sanders of Midco for a timely conversation on Delivering the AI Era: Building a 100-Terabit Midwest Connectivity Corridor. Together, they explore how surging AI demand is reshaping the communications infrastructure landscape, why the Midwest is becoming a critical hub for data center and transport connectivity, and what it takes to coordinate large-scale network deployments across regional providers, technology partners, and equipment innovators. The conversation highlights the growing need for fiber diversity, power-efficient optical networking, supply chain coordination, and trusted partnerships as the industry prepares for the next wave of AI-driven bandwidth, compute, and connectivity needs.

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