Enterprises are working with data at scale, and artificial intelligence (AI) and highperformance compute (HPC) applications are both a tool to extract insights and create value, as well as an accelerator driving the growth of data overall.

We’ll cover the distinctions between these different technologies and the evolution of AI in more detail shortly, but it’s clear that the buzz around generative AI (GenAI), in particular, gained new steam in 2023.

But what does it take to deploy AI in a sustainable, scalable, and future-proof way that also achieves long-term business value? This is the challenge for IT leaders as they partner with the business to develop, enable, and iterate towards mature AI strategies.

This whitepaper examines the IT infrastructure needs for long-term AI enablement, the factors enterprises need to consider to process AI-related datasets, and the evaluation criteria for picking the right data center partners for their future-proof AI journey.