WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.040 >>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GO INSIDE INNOVATION. HIGH ALPHA HAS LAUNCHED ITS NEWEST PORTFOLIO COMPANY, BASE, 2 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:13.513 WITH THE HELP OF $2.6 MILLION IN SEED FUNDING FROM INVESTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BASE SAYS IT IS THE FIRST 3 00:00:13.513 --> 00:00:21.521 SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS, A MARKET LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY SOFTWARE PROVIDERS AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS TO-DATE. 4 00:00:21.521 --> 00:00:27.394 THE BASE CEO IS OFFICED IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT THE COMPANY IS BEING BUILT REMOTELY WITH EMPLOYEES HERE IN 5 00:00:27.394 --> 00:00:35.268 INDIANAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE US. THE FUNDING ROUND WAS LED BY MATCHSTICK VENTURES WITH PARTICIPATION FROM REVOLUTION'S 6 00:00:35.268 --> 00:00:43.576 RISE OF THE REST SEED FUND, HIGH ALPHA CAPITAL, AND SLACK FUND. >>>BY THE YEAR 2025, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT DATA CENTERS MAY 7 00:00:43.576 --> 00:00:50.617 BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSUMING 20 PERCENT OF ALL AVAILABLE ELECTRICITY IN THE WORLD. BUT INDIANA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED 8 00:00:50.617 --> 00:00:56.423 AND OPERATED GROUP OF DATA CENTERS THINKS IT HAS A WAY TO CHANGE THAT. LIFELINE DATA CENTERS WAS 9 00:00:56.423 --> 00:01:02.128 AWARDED A NEW PATENT ON TECHNOLOGY WHICH HELPS COMBAT HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION NEEDS FOR DATA CENTERS. 10 00:01:02.128 --> 00:01:08.601 WITH MORE ON THAT AND HOW IT CAN REDUCE ENERGY BURDENS AND MAYBE EVEN HELP FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE IS CO-OWNER AND PRESIDENT ALEX 11 00:01:08.601 --> 00:01:16.576 CARROLL. WELCOME! >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> IT'S WE GET INTO THIS 12 00:01:16.576 --> 00:01:23.750 EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND MOST KNOW WHAT THEY DO BUT GIVE US THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THESE BIG CENTERS ARE 13 00:01:23.750 --> 00:01:28.822 ALL ABOUT? >> WHAT MOST PEOPLE TODAY UNDERSTAND WITH TECHNOLOGY THEY UNDERSTAND OF SOMETHING CALLED 14 00:01:28.822 --> 00:01:36.162 THE CLOUD. I USE THE CLOUD. THE DATA CENTER IS WHERE THE CLOUD ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY LIVES. 15 00:01:36.162 --> 00:01:44.737 >> THAT'S A GOOD DESCRIPTION. LIFELINE DATA CENTERS, WHICH LAUNCHED ESSENTIALLY EARLY 2001 HAVE GROWN. 16 00:01:44.737 --> 00:01:50.944 FORMER EASTGATE SHOPPING MALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL. >> WE STARTED DOWN HENRY STREET 17 00:01:50.944 --> 00:02:01.154 BY THE LUCAS OIL STADIUM AND THEN WE GREW IN 2008 AND PURCHASED THE EASTGATE FACILITY THE OLD EASTGATE FACILITY AND 18 00:02:01.154 --> 00:02:10.563 HAVE GROWN THAT. AND THEN A FEW YEARS AGO WE PURCHASED ANOTHER BUILDING UP IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA AND STARTED 19 00:02:10.563 --> 00:02:18.505 BUILDING THAT PROJECT. WE WILL HAVE THAT COMPLETED WITH 2020. HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE 20 00:02:18.505 --> 00:02:26.279 BECAUSE THAT IS THE FIRST REALLY COMMERCIAL AVAILABLE DATA CENTER FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN EMP SHIELD BUILT INTO IT. 21 00:02:26.279 --> 00:02:32.452 >> TALK ABOUT THAT IT'S IN FORT WAYNE. SO ALLEN COUNTY. A BIG OPERATION. 22 00:02:32.452 --> 00:02:39.926 WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> THE EMP EFFECT SO HOLLYWOOD ACTS LIKE EMP SOMEBODY GETS 40 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AND 23 00:02:39.926 --> 00:02:48.067 SETS OFF THIS NUCLEAR BOMB AND SETS THE ELECTRONICS. SO WE PROBABLY WILL NEVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN BUT THE SUN THROWS 24 00:02:48.067 --> 00:02:55.975 SOLAR FLARES THAT PRODUCE THE EMP OF FAX AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU ARE PROTECTING FROM. THE MORE VALUABLE DATA IS NOW 25 00:02:55.975 --> 00:03:03.750 LIKE YOUR TAX RECORDS, WHO OWNS YOUR DEED, THIS THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE MORE IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROTECT IT 26 00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:10.356 FROM ALL NATURAL DISASTERS. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY USAGE THESE DATA CENTERS IS HUGE. 27 00:03:10.356 --> 00:03:16.796 LIFELINE, YOU HAVE PATENTED TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. >> OUR PATENT, SO WE REALLY 28 00:03:16.796 --> 00:03:22.735 FOCUSED ON HOW TO KEEP THAT COMPUTER TURNED ON NO MATTER WHAT, DOESN'T MATTER THE STORM OR THE EVENT. 29 00:03:22.735 --> 00:03:32.745 KEEP THE THING TURNED ON NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, HOW DO WE ALSO KEEP IT AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AS 30 00:03:32.745 --> 00:03:40.620 POSSIBLE. SO WHAT THAT REALLY HAS ALLOWED US TO DO IS THE MOST EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS RIGHT NOW GOING ARE 31 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:51.130 LIKE IN ICELAND AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AREAS LIKE THAT. WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THOSE PEOPLE NOW ON A POWER 32 00:03:51.130 --> 00:03:57.370 EFFICIENCY LEVEL. >> VERY QUICKLY 20 SECONDS LEFT, BUT AS YOU SEE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUED GROWTH 33 00:03:57.370 --> 00:04:02.108 OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS PATENTED TECHNOLOGY. >> WE SEE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT WE 34 00:04:02.108 --> 00:04:11.117 ARE SEEING IS THE MIDWEST IS BECOMING -- THE COMMUNITIES -- BUSINESS IS BECOMING MORE INTERESTED IN THE MIDWEST TO 35 00:04:11.117 --> 00:04:17.991 BRING TECHNOLOGY IN SETTING. >> ALEX CARROLL THE CO-OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF LIFELINE DATA CENTERS.