On-Premises AI and Optimized Networks for HPC Workloads

Nokia and Carahsoft hosted a webinar focused on the transformative role of AI in the tech industry, where we discussed how organizations are evaluating the business value AI can—and cannot—deliver. At the core of this transformation lies AI infrastructure, with networking playing a critical role. In this session, we guided attendees through the AI journey from a researcher's perspective, highlighting how users can transform in-house AI training and inference into measurable business outcomes. We explored potential challenges and examined strategies for scaling operations with networks as a foundational enabler.

In this webinar, attendees learned:

• Key infrastructure considerations
• Strategies for optimizing costs
• How to manage power consumption
• Ways to enhance extensibility while achieving the desired performance

We also reviewed how these design principles apply to AI deployments across multiple sites, extending beyond single-site High-Performance Computing/AI clusters.