José Luis Friebel got into data centers by accident — second job interview in London, start tomorrow, we've got a conference in six months. Best accident of his life, he says. He told me the thing slowing this whole build-out down isn't power. It's plumbers. I did not expect that.

00:00:00 From a sunny coastal town in Spain to the global data center business

00:07:13 Why an industry that built the cloud still doesn't talk to itself

00:12:08 The panel where somebody says "you're full of crap" — and nobody's offended

00:17:03 The human capital crunch, and the unsung heroes of modern civilization

00:19:57 Scholarships, electricians and plumbers: not charity, industry survival

00:29:26 What communities actually say when you ask them

00:34:11 Water, energy, and what it takes to be a good neighbor

00:38:50 Why the industry got caught by surprise on transparency

00:43:55 AI as infrastructure, and 90 billion in Aragon

00:48:16 Radiologists, drones, and why AI creates more jobs than it destroys

00:54:41 AI cities, and the jobs question: direct, indirect, and induced

01:02:22 "You're not an island, you're a peninsula"

01:04:49 What José wants you to remember

José Luis Friebel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-luis-friebel-dcd/

InfraXmedia: https://www.infraxmedia.com/

DatacenterDynamics: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/

AI Cities Summit Europe 2027: https://www.aicitysummit.com/europe/2027

AI Cities Summit launch: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/marketwatch/infraxmedia-launches-ai-cities-summit-series-to-support-governments-navigating-ai-infrastructure-growth/

SPAINDC (Spanish Data Center Association): https://spaindc.com/

MEXDC (Mexican Data Center Association): https://asmexdc.com/

Infrastructure Masons: https://imasons.org/

Lays Rodrigues: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lays-rodrigues/

George Rockett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-rockett-b18a3b4/

Dan Loosemore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-loosemore-marketing-specialist/

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