How Avangrid built a data foundation for AI

From his early days as a paper boy and eagle scout to his time as a naval officer decades later, Casey Kirkpatrick has always believed in service. Today, after more than 25 years with the energy giant National Grid, he’s still serving. Casey directs National Grid’s strategic engi ...  Show more

Most kids don’t think much about how buildings are powered or how much energy they waste. But growing up in an old, inefficient apartment building in New York, Ben Brown did. From an early age he knew he wanted to work on climate solutions and energy efficiency. That interest led ...  Show more

Today's guest is Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank. DataBank is a technology company helping organizations drive AI edge capabilities through IT infrastructure and effective data storage solutions. Raul joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on today's show to explo ...

The role of data and AI engineers is more critical than ever. With organizations collecting massive amounts of data, the challenge lies in building efficient data infrastructures that can support AI systems and deliver actionable insights. But what does it take to become a succes ...  Show more

Summary In this episode of the Data Engineering Podcast Sam Kleinman talks about the pivotal role of databases in software engineering. Sam shares his journey into the world of data and discusses the complexities of database selection, highlighting the trade-offs between differen ...  Show more

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A data lakehouse is intended to combine the benefits of data lakes (cost effective, scalable storage and compute) and data warehouses (user friendly SQL interface). Multiple open source projects and vendors have been working together to make this vision a r ...