https://simplecast.com Strategic Voices brings together thinkers and doers to talk about policy, data, and leadership in the age of disruption. Join us as we discuss everything from building data centers to wrangling data sets; the importance of strong leadership during uncertain times; and best practices for navigating novel legal and policy issues across the tech, telecom, AI, and utilities sectors. 2026 Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras en Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:36:10 +0000 Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:36:21 +0000 https://riverside.com https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/069f0b01-b884-4542-bc3a-7f5cb0cd6c75/8b1f2396-4894-48f3-81ca-24eb95496486/3000x3000/sv_logofinal.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://riverside.com episodic Strategic Voices brings together thinkers and doers to talk about policy, data, and leadership in the age of disruption. Join us as we discuss everything from building data centers to wrangling data sets; the importance of strong leadership during uncertain times; and best practices for navigating novel legal and policy issues across the tech, telecom, AI, and utilities sectors. Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras false https://feeds.simplecast.com/fGk_eZAK Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras michael.santorelli@gmail.com 6318c19c-4f6e-4d6a-85c5-e6cfe36fb841 Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:36:10 +0000 michael.santorelli@gmail.com (Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras) https://riverside.com Arpan Sura on Spectrum and AI Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras 00:35:14 In this conversation, Arpan Sura, Senior Counsel to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Chief AI Officer for the Commission, discusses a range of topics related to spectrum, including how the FCC is operationalizing a framework of abundance for this scarce resource. We also discuss the role that spectrum plays in enabling space communications, the ongoing work of bolstering the spectrum pipeline, and how AI is impacting spectrum policy. In this conversation, Arpan Sura, Senior Counsel to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Chief AI Officer for the Commission, discusses a range of topics related to spectrum, including how the FCC is operationalizing a framework of abundance for this scarce resource. We also discuss the role that spectrum plays in enabling space communications, the ongoing work of bolstering the spectrum pipeline, and how AI is impacting spectrum policy. pipeline, ai, arpan sura, fcc, spectrum, scarcity, abundance false full 2 24b1a687-f1e1-4d19-83bd-cb63fcc5c381 As a Commissioner on the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and as the incoming president of NARUC, Jehmal Hudson is a leading thinker and doer at the intersection of AI, data centers, and regulatory policy. In this episode, Jehmal and Michael talk about how state regulators are responding to the many novel challenges arising from the rapid construction of data centers across the country. Are regulators and policy keeping pace? Will the electric grid be able to withstand data centers' enormous demands for power? What about their thirst for water and appetite for data capacity? We explore these and many other issues in this illuminating discussion.

]]> Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:50:34 +0000 michael.santorelli@gmail.com (Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras) https://riverside.com As a Commissioner on the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and as the incoming president of NARUC, Jehmal Hudson is a leading thinker and doer at the intersection of AI, data centers, and regulatory policy. In this episode, Jehmal and Michael talk about how state regulators are responding to the many novel challenges arising from the rapid construction of data centers across the country. Are regulators and policy keeping pace? Will the electric grid be able to withstand data centers' enormous demands for power? What about their thirst for water and appetite for data capacity? We explore these and many other issues in this illuminating discussion.

]]> Jehmal Hudson on Data Centers Michael Santorelli & Alex Karras 00:36:32 As a Commissioner on the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and as the incoming president of NARUC, Jehmal Hudson is a leading thinker and doer at the intersection of AI, data centers, and regulatory policy. In this episode, Jehmal and Michael talk about how state regulators are responding to the many novel challenges arising from the rapid construction of data centers across the country. Are regulators and policy keeping pace? Will the electric grid be able to withstand data centers' enormous demands for power? What about their thirst for water and appetite for data capacity? We explore these and many other issues in this illuminating discussion. As a Commissioner on the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and as the incoming president of NARUC, Jehmal Hudson is a leading thinker and doer at the intersection of AI, data centers, and regulatory policy. In this episode, Jehmal and Michael talk about how state regulators are responding to the many novel challenges arising from the rapid construction of data centers across the country. Are regulators and policy keeping pace? Will the electric grid be able to withstand data centers' enormous demands for power? What about their thirst for water and appetite for data capacity? We explore these and many other issues in this illuminating discussion. false full 1