The Shift from AI Pilots to AI Infrastructure

Описание: As organizations move beyond experimentation, compute has become a deciding factor in whether AI delivers real value or stalls before production. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT VP Neil Anderson, NVIDIA VP Chris Marriott and Cisco VP Daniel McGinniss talk about how organizations are rethinking where AI runs, how it’s secured and how value is measured.

AI is often discussed as a race for better models. Faster, larger and more capable. But inside the enterprise, the story looks different.

The real challenge isn’t access to innovation, it’s turning that innovation into something reliable, secure and economical to run at scale. Compute has become the quiet constraint behind AI ambition. GPU availability. Data gravity. Utilization. Security that works on day zero, not as a retrofit.

This episode — featuring WWT VP and CTO of Cloud, Infrastructure and AI Solutions Neil Anderson; Cisco VP of Product Management and Compute Daniel McGinniss; and NVIDIA VP/GM of Enterprise Platforms and Solutions Chris Marriott — details why compute is becoming a board-level concern, how secure AI factories aim to shorten the path to production, and what organizations must get right today to participate in the next wave of agentic and physical AI.

"It is not for the faint of heart. That’s why this has to be treated as a full-stack problem, not just a technology purchase." - Chris Marriott

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Chapters:
0:00 The Real Problem Holding AI Back
1:41 Where AI Stacks Break Down
5:52 Hard Choices, Real Constraints
7:37 Inside the Secure AI Factory
12:20 Why ROI Breaks at Scale
15:46 What Customers Actually Trust
18:12 When Data Can’t Move
22:10 Edge AI Gets Real
26:20 Scaling Across Thousands of Sites
29:46 Decisions That Shape Agentic AI
33:20 Why Day-Two Ops Matter
36:17 Designing for What You’ll Use
40:08 Power and Cooling Become Strategy
44:02 What Will Decide the Next AI Wave
48:28 Final Takeaway

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