In this episode of the World Cement Podcast, David Bizley is joined by Justin Dickey of Cemex and Randy Kirchain of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub to explore the emerging era of hyperscale infrastructure as the demand for AI (and the vast datacentres that power it) continues to grow.

Topics covered in this issue include:

• The unprecedented demand for hyperscale infrastructure
• Achieving precision at scale
• Balancing strict environmental demands with tight deadlines
• Collaboration between owners, designers, contractors, and suppliers.

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In this episode of the World Cement Podcast, Senior Editor David Bizley is joined by Robert Christinger, Head of Automation at Vigier Ciment and Thierry Obédé, Chief Revenue Officer ANYbotics to explore the role of autonomous robots in cement plant operations.

Topics covered in this issue:

• Origins of the collaboration
• The roles for robots in cement
• Man vs. Machine – keeping personnel invested and engaged with new technologies
• Data management and making effective use of gathered data
• Advice to other cement producers still on the fence about adopting new technologies

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In this episode of the World Cement Podcast, David Bizley is joined by Professor Theo Hanein (Chair of Construction Materials Science) and Dr Wafaa Borja (Research Fellow) at Leeds University’s school of civil engineering. And the topic? BCSA cements and the work being done at Leeds university to transform them from a product reserved for niche applications into a more mainstream alternative to Portland cement that can play a role in decarbonising the cement and construction sectors.

Topics covered include:

• The basics of BCSA cement
• Comparisons with OPC
• Use cases
• Challenges to adoption
• The role of policy in enabling usage of novel cements

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