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The AI revolution needs more than models - it needs massive infrastructure. And Julien Gauthier is building it. In this episode of Uplink, Julien, CEO of Arkane Cloud, joins host Michael Reid to unpack how his company scaled from 3D rendering and gaming to delivering GPU cloud services for AI workloads across the globe. We explore how Arkane built a 1,000-GPU cluster in Paris (with capacity for 6,000), the rise of inference workloads in Europe, and the real-world engineering and business challenges of deploying high-density infrastructure - including cutting-edge liquid cooling handling 135kW per cabinet.

What fuels the AI revolution, cloud expansion, and always-on connectivity? Infrastructure. In this episode of Uplink, host Michael Reid sits down with Marc Ganzi, CEO of DigitalBridge, to explore the rise of the digital infrastructure economy. With $100B+ in assets under management, Marc and his team are building the physical foundations of the internet—from hyperscale data centers to mobile towers and subsea cables.

What does it take to build a global network from the ground up? It might start with a coffee meeting and a pivot from managing 10,000-acre cattle ranches. This is the story of the evolution of modern connectivity, told by someone who was there from the beginning.

The AI revolution is here, and data centers are its beating heart! Gone are the days of data centers being just overlooked IT infrastructure; they are now the "cool kids on the block," essential for powering the most significant technological shift of our generation.