Assessing AI Workloads: How to Choose the Right Environment for Enterprise AI

Where should your AI workloads run? It's one of the most overlooked questions in artificial intelligence strategy. From surprising constraints around power, cooling and floor space, to the growing demand for GPU-as-a-Service models, this episode delivers a field-level view of the challenges enterprises face when moving from AI proof of concept to production. You’ll hear why infrastructure readiness assessments are essential, how AI workloads differ from traditional IT, and what to consider before buying that next GPU cluster.

Support for this episode provided by: Equinix

Learn more about this weeks guests: 

Chris Campbell is Sr. Director of AI Solutions at WWT, overseeing AIaaS/GPUaaS, Facilities & Infrastructure strategy and delivery. He's held leadership roles in executive engagement, engineering, and architecture at WWT, and led practices at Forsythe, Red Hat, BEA Systems, and AT&T. Chris holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from the University of Maryland, where he was a Dingman Entrepreneur Scholar.

Don Molaro is a tech professional focused on making data centers carbon neutral. Based in Cupertino, he holds a master's in Computer Science and 33 U.S. patents. He specializes in systems programming, high-performance storage, and software-defined systems, with experience across industries from finance to HPC. Previously, he held senior roles at Citibank, DataDirect Networks, and Hitachi Data Systems.

Chris and Don's top pick: What is GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) or GPU Cloud?

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