What happens when an enterprise invests heavily in AI compute but cannot move data quickly enough to keep those expensive processors working?

In this episode of Infrastructure as a Conversation, I speak with Jim Fowler, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Lumen, about why network performance is becoming one of the defining factors in enterprise AI ROI.

Jim brings experience from both sides of the relationship. He previously led technology programs inside large enterprises and served on Lumen’s board before joining its management team. His description of Lumen as a logistics company for information provides a useful way to understand the network’s role. Models can process information, but the network must deliver the right data to the right location at the required speed.

Our conversation begins with the $2,000 per hour GPU p ...