Guest: Mark Becker of G10 Fulfillment on safe handling and shipping of lithium-ion batteries; Workers experience AI anxiety; The logistics behind hyperscaling data centers.
Mark Becker, founder and CEO of G10 Fulfillment, a hazmat and lithium-ion battery fulfillment specialist. He talks about safe shipping, storage, packaging, labeling, and training for lithium-ion batteries. Discussion also covers rising AI anxiety among workers and the massive logistics needed to hyperscale data centers.
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Most Battery Risks Start With Poor Labeling
Lithium-ion safety problems often originate at the manufacturing and labeling stage rather than in warehouses or transit.
Mark Becker says unlabeled or improperly labeled batteries arrive from factories, leaving distributors and carriers unaware they require hazmat handling.
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Verify UN Labels And Paperwork Before Shipping
Always verify UN labels, hazmat diamonds, and required paperwork before shipping so carriers can apply appropriate protocols.
Becker warns unlabeled packages may be routed onto aircraft or unprepared ground routes, bypassing hazmat safeguards.
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Restrict Handling To Trained Staff
Train staff and restrict handling so only certified employees touch high-capacity batteries like 300 Wh units.
G10 runs quarterly trainings and forbids untrained workers from packaging or touching regulated batteries to prevent incidents.
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Our guest on this week's episode is Mark Becker, CEO of G10 Fulfillment. We have all heard the stories about the fire risks of lithium-ion batteries – for instance, you can’t put them in your checked luggage on a flight or use portable power-bank batteries inside an airplane cabin. Of course, larger industrial batteries used in forklifts and mobile robotic systems are built to much better specifications than many consumer batteries, but how can we assure they are safe? Ben Ames talks with this week’s guest about best practices for shipping, storing, and fulfillment of lithium-ion batteries.
The modern workplace is changing amid widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and ongoing economic uncertainty—issues we’ve been talking about quite frequently on the podcast. New information on this topic from staffing and recruitment agency Randstad USA emphasizes the “AI anxiety” piece and is in line with other recent research that raises some pretty big questions about where we’re headed. Victoria Kickham shares the details.
There is a lot of logistics effort required to build the physical machinery that makes AI work. We’re talking about buildings and pipes and wires and chips and servers. The companies that build these data centers — called hyperscalers — are spending a ton of money in a race for market share. The latest Goldman Sachs report upgraded the estimate for 2026 spending on those projects from $465 billion $527 billion. This week DHL announced a “significant expansion” of its North America data center logistics (DCL) infrastructure with 10 dedicated warehouse sites totaling more than seven million square feet of capacity set to go live in 2026. Ben Ames has this report.
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