Technology Now

Could landfills power the next generation of AI?
 
As energy demands rise and costs increase, alternative energy sources are becoming increasingly important to organisations. In the UK, Era4 has begun converting brownfield sites into data centres – transforming landfill methane into electricity used to power sovereign AI infrastructure. This week on Technology Now, Nick Hume, CTO of Era4, joins the show to explain:
How landfills can be transformed into power sources for AI tokens and workloads
Why power, networks, and location are all vital parts of the sovereignty equation
The importance of modular data centres and what they could offer in the future
How organisations can balance performance, cost, and control
🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. 
 
Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation.
 
This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts.
 
About Nick:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholashume/

Every detail matters when you’re responding to an emergency, but what if first responders could see what was happening before they arrived?
 
In New Orleans, the Real Time Crime Center is doing just that. Working alongside 9-1-1 dispatch, they help first responders gain a fuller understanding of an emergency before they get there. Ross Bourgeois, Director of Public Safety Support Services & Real Time Crime Center, City of New Orleans, joins Technology Now to help us understand:
 
How a network of cameras helps those responding to crime, fires, floods, and even natural disasters
How the city manages hundreds of terabytes of video data
Why drones may make up the next generation of first responders
The importance of unbiased video in response and investigations
How real-time information helps first responders make safer, more informed decisions
 
🎧 Listen for a real-world example of how digital transformation is changing the way cities operate and protect their communities.
 
Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation.
 
This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts.
 
About Ross:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-bourgeois-a4209294/

Every cyberattack needs to get its foot in the door to break in. In the past, humans took time to find these weaknesses, but with AI discovering vulnerabilities at machine speed and linking them together, turning minor security gaps into serious threats, our approach to defence has been forced to change.
This week, Technology Now is joined by Mounir Hahad, Head of HPE Threat Labs, to discuss:
• How much the world has changed since the publication of the inaugural Threat Labs report into the security landscape, just six months ago
• How cybercrime has become industrialised
• Why known vulnerabilities still drive the majority of cyberattacks
• What organisations can do to help improve their own security
🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed.
 
Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation.
 
This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts.
 
About Mounir:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mounirhahad/
HPE Threat Labs: In the Wild report | 2026:
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50014950enw
Previous episodes on the subject:
https://hpe.lnk.to/cybercrime

The best piece of technology is often the one you don’t even notice. When it works, everything runs smoothly and the tech itself vanishes – but how we achieve this is changing dramatically with the power of AI.
This week on the show, we’re following up our ‘Self-Driving Networks 1-0-1’ episode with a ‘Self-Driving Networks 1-0-2’: what do these networks look like in practice? Sunalini Sankhavaram, VP Product Management, HPE Networking, joins host Michael Bird to discuss:
How machine learning works to help networks anticipate demand and respond accordingly
Why proactive prevention is replacing traditional troubleshooting
How self driving networks can isolate and treat threats before they have a chance to cause damage
🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed. 
Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation.
This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts.
About Sunalini:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunalini/
Self-driving networks 1-0-1:
https://hpe.lnk.to/selfdriving

As AI demand continues to grow, so does the public scrutiny of the data centres that provide it. 
With more data centres being built to meet that demand, running these facilities efficiently has never been more important. Communities are also increasingly asking what impact this infrastructure will have on local resources, while misinformation and conflicting claims around the topic can make it difficult to separate fact from fiction.
This week on Technology Now, Andrew DesRochers, Principal Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at HPE, joins the show to discuss: 
The importance that geography has on the efficiency of data centres
How cooling techniques are evolving to meet AI demands
Why it’s necessary for IT companies to foster a transparent relationship with the public
What the next generation of data centres might look like
🎧 Listen for a front-line view of where enterprise technology is headed.
Technology Now is HPE’s flagship, award-winning podcast that brings enterprise innovation to life – featuring real conversations with leaders, customers, and experts on how AI, cloud, and networking are shaping the future of business. Join hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell each Thursday for a new episode on how technology drives real change for companies and consumers, and why everyone should be invested in the conversation.

This episode is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts.

About Andrew:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdesrochers/