In this episode of Data Uncensored, Ash Young explains how Cachengo is capitalizing on a surprising trend: empty buildings. With commercial real estate facing record vacancies post-COVID and legacy data center hitting power limits, Cachengo sees massive opportunity in underutilized spaces. Ash shared how Cachengo’s… Read More »Low Power, High Potential: Data Infrastructure in Unexpected Places | Ep. 4
In this episode of Data Uncensored, Ash Young explains why traditional computing is failing. He contrasts today’s computational storage with Cachengo’s model where each drive is its own server. Ash walks through the history of SMP, virtualization, and distributed systems to show how we’ve circled… Read More »Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Architecture and Ownership Part 1 | Ep. 3
In this episode of Data Uncensored, Ash Young returns to explore one of the biggest challenges in tech today: the explosive growth of data and the limitations of power. As AI models demand ever-larger datasets, traditional data centers are hitting physical and electrical limits. It’s… Read More »Redefining Scale: The Future of Storage Density, Power, and Decentralized Cloud | Ep. 2
In this episode of Data Uncensored, we dive into the fascinating journey of our host, Ash Young, and his impact on the storage industry. We explore the early days of hard drives and open source, the challenges of scaling network-attached storage, and how his latest… Read More »The Evolution of Data Storage: Ash Young’s Journey in Innovation | Ep. 1