Season 5: the dawn of a new era

Season 5: the dawn of a new era

Author: Google December 17, 2025 Duration: 2:54

Artificial intelligence is reshaping every corner of the global economy — and none of it is possible without the invisible infrastructure powering it: data centers.

In Season 5 of Where the Internet Lives, host Stephanie Wong returns to guide listeners through the places, people, and breakthroughs defining this new era. 

From drug discovery and food security to manufacturing and creative expression, AI is accelerating innovation at a pace the world has never seen.

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And this season, we’ll have more film documentaries to complement our audio stories on YouTube. The new season drops in January. We can’t wait to welcome you back.


Behind the screen, beneath the apps, and beyond the cloud, there is a physical, humming, and vital world. Where the Internet Lives, an award-winning podcast from Google, ventures into the unseen infrastructure of our digital age. This series explores the data centers, subsea cables, and global networks that form the backbone of modern life. Each episode is a journey into the intersections of technology, business, and culture, examining how these vast systems are built, powered, and secured, and the profound societal questions they raise. You'll hear from the engineers, designers, and thinkers who shape this landscape, uncovering stories of innovation, environmental challenge, and sheer human scale. It’s a documentary-style exploration of the concrete, steel, and fiber optic reality that makes our connected world possible. Tune into this podcast for a revealing look at the architecture of our collective digital existence, understanding not just how information travels, but where it calls home.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 45

Where the Internet Lives
Podcast Episodes
Two: Inside the Walls [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:56
What’s it like inside a data center? Let’s take a tour. But first: the scrappy history of how these warehouse-scale computers came to be.
One: You Use Data Centers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:10
Nearly 5 billion people use the internet, but how many could tell you where it lives?