Why AI is Piling Pressure on Creaking IT Infrastructures
Author: Hamad Alkathiri, Senior Systems Engineer, Public Sector – Saudi Arabia at Nutanix It’s been barely a year since the launch of ChatGPT and yet generative AI is now on the lips of most business execs. GenAI has been what Forrester CEO George Colony recently referred to as “the most important technology thunderstorm of the last 40 years,” and tech leaders across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region seem to agree. AI is now a priority for 90% of IT, DevOps, and platform engineering decision makers, at least according to the Vanson Bourne and Nutanix State of Enterprise AI Report [link]. But as with any rapid advance in technology, questions start to be asked of the existing IT infrastructure and its ability to cope. Are current systems really up to the demands of an AI gold rush? The short answer is no. To begin with, we have an energy efficiency problem. This is something Gartner warned about back in January, saying tha...
