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IDC Spotlight: The network is how multicloud AI scales

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AI workloads increasingly span multiple clouds, private data centers and specialized providers, but most networks aren’t designed to make these environments operate as one. Intent-based, neutral connectivity is becoming essential to overcoming this barrier. This IDC Spotlight explores why the network will determine whether AI can scale and how Equinix Fabric One supports the performance, scalability and availability demands of AI while reducing the burden of managing distributed infrastructure.

Highlights

  • Learn why the network, not compute, is becoming the next constraint on scaling AI. 
  • Discover how intent-based networking reduces manual provisioning and configuration. 
  • Understand why neutral, any-to-any connectivity is essential for AI workloads distributed across multiple environments. 
  • Explore the practical questions enterprises should ask when planning AI connectivity investments.
The compute question is largely answered. Networking is the open one, and arguably the more impactful, because you can't buy your way past it the way you can buy more GPUs.
Dave McCarthy
Group Vice President, Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure, IDC