Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Erwan Menard spent six years at Google, where he most recently worked as director of product management for Google's Cloud AI services. Six months ago, he left to join Crusoe Cloud as senior vice president of product management. Crusoe Cloud, which offers everything from hosted cloud services to renewable power sources, is best known for operating the Stargate 1.2 gigawatt data center campus in Abilene, Texas. In this interview, Menard discusses the advantages of designing cloud data centers from the ground up to support AI workloads, and how the industry can meet exploding demand for data center resources, including power, as technology evolves.

A TechTarget podcast
Host: Beth Pariseau, senior news writer, TechTarget
Featuring: Erwan Menard, senior vice president of product management, Crusoe Cloud

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