Trading cloud capacity on an open market? Talking to Helio AG

In today's episode our host Mohan Gandhi welcomes Christoph Buchli. As webdeveloper with more than a decade of experience Christoph is one of the founders of Helio AG. A Swiss startup that is developing an open cloud computing market where capacity from across all data centers can be traded like on a stock exchange or the electricity market.

Chapters:

[00:33] Helio AG introduction

[02:00] Low utilization of servers in data centers

[04:20] Reduced prices for cloud capacity despite increased demand

[06:25] Why can a marketplace works today.

[11:40] Benefits and barriers for an open market.

[15:15] How will digital infrastructure change in the next 5 years?

[18:45] Changes needed in the fibre network

[21:15] Learning from and working with the electricity market