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A Different Type Of Datacenter Is Needed For AI (22:09)

Tech Field Day, Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

AI demands specialized data center designs due to its unique hardware utilization and networking needs, which require a new type of infrastructure.

This Tech Field Day Podcast episode features Denise Donohue, Karen Lopez, Lino Telera, and Alastair Cooke. Network design has been a consistent part of the AI infrastructure discussions at Tech Field Day events. The need for a dedicated network to interconnect GPUs differentiates AI training and fine-tuning networks from general-purpose computing.

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