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MLPerf Training v5.1: GenAI Drives, Scale Ramps, Field Widens
Two new genAI tests (Llama 3.1 8B, Flux.1) align with production stacks as multi-node results climb. NVIDIA posts many fastest times; University of Florida, Wiwynn, and Datacrunch expand the ecosystem.
Wanjiku Kamau on Her Book: Out of the Loop, Into the Algorithm
Allyson Klein talks with author and Google/Intel alum Wanjiku Kamau on moving past AI skepticism, learning fast, and using new tools with intention—so readers start where they are and explore AI with hope.
Cooling the Future: Where Does Cold Plate End and Immersion Begin?
AI racks are blowing past air’s limits. Here’s a frank framework for when cold plate still wins, when it fails, and how to plan the pivot to immersion—without stranding today’s investments.
KubeCon Atlanta: CNCF Sets AI Standard for Kubernetes
On Day 1 of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Atlanta, CNCF unveiled Kubernetes AI Conformance to make workloads portable—arriving as inference surges to ~1.33 quadrillion tokens/month across Google’s systems.
How Financial Services Can Responsibly Scale AI
FinTech expert Anusha Nerella shares insights on staying ahead of fraud, navigating regulation, and building collaborative teams to scale responsible AI across the financial services sector.
Under the Hood: The Alphabet Soup of Car Connectivity
Modern software-defined cars blend multiple links—CAN/LIN, MIPI, SerDes, and Ethernet/TSN—to shrink wiring and cost, manage EMI, and deliver reliable, deterministic timing from sensors to actuators.
Valvoline Global Operations Engineers Data Center Liquid Cooling
As hyperscalers grapple with unprecedented chip density, the 159-year-old company known for high performance lubricants is engineering fluids that enable immersion cooling at scale.
6 Plays to Close the AI-Era Connectivity Gap
As AI inference, edge, and autonomous systems outpace legacy networks, this playbook shows how to combine fiber, RF, FSO, and satellite to tame digital asymmetry and build resilient AI connectivity.
Equinix on Architecting the AI-Ready Data Center
Inside Equinix and Solidigm’s playbook for turning data centers into adaptive, AI-ready platforms that balance sovereignty, performance, efficiency, and sustainability across hybrid multicloud.
Physical AI in Production: Datara AI’s Data-Loop Edge Playbook
Physical AI is leaving the lab for the line. Datara AI’s edge-first data-loop playbook—real-time inference, disciplined updates, and human-centered rollout—turns pilots into reliable, scalable uptime.
Inside the New Rules of Responsible AI Governance
AI now informs credit, healthcare, and fraud decisions. This piece unpacks US and EU rules, core principles, and how Responsible AI governance can be a competitive edge, not just compliance.
Efficiency: The New Moat for Data and AI Teams
Cloud waste, FinOps, and sustainability goals are reshaping data engineering. Teams that design efficient stacks, track cost and energy, and treat constraints as features will ship more with less.
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Podcasts
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
