The Data Center Frontier Show

What AI Will Mean for the Data Center Industry

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What might AI - artificial intelligence - mean for the data center industry? On this week’s Data Center Frontier Show, host Rich Miller chats with DCF Senior Editor David Chernicoff, who has been digging into all things AI, including its potential impact on cloud platforms, chip makers, hardware startups, server vendors, and colocation providers. They take a deep dive into the implications of AI for the data center industry. If you are at all interested in AI and data centers, this is the podcast for you. 

Here’s a timeline of topics David and Rich discuss on the podcast:

  • 1:15 – David shares a bit about his career and "Data Center Journey" 
  • 3:45 – "An Interesting Time for Hardware:" Trends driving development of chips and servers.     
  • 6:15 – The history of rack density, and the arrival of ChatGPT and generative AI.  
  • 11:30 – How AI might be disruptive, and how data and cost factor into its business impact.  
  • 17:15 – Echoes of the early days of cloud, and what that tells us about AI's trajectory.
  • 21:30 -- Rich and David discuss the opportunities for colocations, OEMS and the edge.   
  • 24:45 -- The Road Ahead: Trends to watch as generative AI evolves, including societal issues 

    • Here's a link to some of David's recent DCF stories on AI and its impact on various sectors within digital infrastructure.  

    • How Intel, AMD and Nvidia are Approaching the AI Arms Race
  • The AI Arms Race: Startups Offer New Technology, Target Niche Markets
  • For Leading Cloud Platforms, AI Presents A Major Opportunity
  • Dell Technologies, HPE Pursue Multiple Paths into Enterprise AI 

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