Description
Jeff Gustavson, Chevron’s president of New Energies, joins Tanner Foust for episode 4 of The Energy Tailgate podcast. They discuss what’s needed to power the rapid growth of AI, the infrastructure behind data centers and why the future will rely on more energy from
more than one source.
What we cover:
Intro: AI can unlock potential (0:00–2:44)
What it takes to power data centers (2:45–6:14)
Supplying electricity is in Chevron's wheelhouse (6:15–8:49)
More energy, more sources, more progress (8:50–10:52)
Jeff Gustavson is president, Chevron New Energies—a position he assumed in August 2021. In this role he is focused on lower carbon solutions that have the potential to scale, including commercialization opportunities in hydrogen, power, carbon capture, offsets and support of ongoing growth in biofuels. Gustavson also oversees Chevron’s enterprise AI efforts focused on value creation, operational excellence, cost efficiency and driving AI innovation across the company. Gustavson joined Chevron and its subsidiaries in 1999 and has held positions in Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Strategic Planning, Supply and Trading, Investor Relations, and Upstream, with numerous assignments in the United States, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.