In The Arena by TechArena

In this episode of In the Arena, Allyson Klein sits down with Bill Magro, Global Director and Chief Technologist of High Performance Computing at Google, for a wide-ranging look at where scientific and technical computing is headed.

Bill explains how Google Cloud approached HPC by meeting customers where they are, letting researchers bring their existing binaries and workflows without rewriting for the cloud.

Networking has quietly become a decisive variable in AI infrastructure performance. In this episode of The AI Hedge, host Marc Austin talks with Hasan Siraj, VP of Products at Broadcom, about why the network functions as the computer for modern AI clusters.

In this episode of In the Arena, host Allyson Klein sits down with Rakesh Awasthi, a principal software engineer, to explore what it actually takes to modernize legacy data infrastructure at global scale and how AI has fundamentally changed the nature of that work in a preview of his talk at the AI Infra Summit in September 2026.

In this episode of The Control Plane sponsored by AMI, recorded live at the OCP EMEA Summit in Barcelona, host Allyson Klein is joined by Dong Wei (Fellow and Lead Standards Architect, Arm) and Colin Brix (AMI) for a deep dive into the chiplet economy, the future of firmware, and why open standards are critical to unlocking the next era of AI infrastructure.

Quantum computing is moving from research labs into the real world. In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Doug Finke, chief content officer at Global Quantum Intelligence, to unpack where the industry stands today and what comes next.

In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski welcome Hitesh Kumar, GPU Cluster Design Architect at Nebius, for a discussion on the realities of designing and deploying AI infrastructure at scale. The conversation explores how AI infrastructure has evolved beyond GPUs into a full-system challenge involving power, cooling, networking, storage, and interconnect technologies.

AI infrastructure is reshaping the global conversation around data centers, power, water usage, and digital growth. In this episode of In the Arena, Allyson Klein sits down with Jordan Singleton, Managing Director at Equinix, to separate fact from fiction surrounding the future of data centers in 2026.

In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Atif Ansar, Co-Founder of Foresight Works, to explore the execution challenges behind large-scale AI infrastructure projects.

The conversation reframes the perceived AI “bubble,” arguing that demand is not the issue. Instead, the ability to deliver projects on time and manage complex interdependencies is the true constraint.

In this episode of The AI Hedge, host Marc Austin, Founder & CEO of Hedgehog, is joined by Jonmichael (JM) Hands, Founder & CEO of FarmGPU, for a deep dive into the emergence of neoclouds—AI-first cloud providers purpose-built for modern training and inference workloads.

The AI infrastructure buildout could generate up to 5 million additional tons of e-waste by 2030. In this episode, sponsored by AMI, host Allyson Klein sits down with Patrick Bliemer, Global Sales Manager at RackRenew, to explore how remanufactured OCP hardware and open-source firmware are offering a sustainable, enterprise-ready alternative to new equipment.

In this episode of The AI Hedge, Hedgehog Founder & CEO Marc Austin sits down with Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Founder & CTO of Midokura, to talk about sovereign AI infrastructure, data privacy, AI inference costs, open weights models, AI networking, SONiC, RoCEv2, Ultra Ethernet, and the future of AI infrastructure in Japan.

In this episode of The AI Hedge, host Marc Austin (Founder & CEO of Hedgehog) sits down with Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital (an investor in Hedgehog) and former VMware executive, to discuss the future of AI infrastructure, networking, and enterprise adoption.

In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski speak with A.J. Camber about how AI is evolving from specialized tools into more accessible systems that can be used by a broader range of professionals.

Recorded live at the 2026 OCP EMEA Summit in Barcelona, Allyson Klein sits down with Munir Ahmad, Chief Architect at Lattice Semiconductor, to explore how programmable FPGA technology is helping data center operators adapt to the next generation of AI infrastructure.

In this episode of Data Insights, hosts Allyson Klein and Solidigm’s Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Pranav Gokhale, CTO of Infleqtion, to explore where quantum computing is already delivering value and how hybrid CPU, GPU, and QPU systems will shape what comes next.

In this episode of In the Arena, David Aronchick, CEO of Expanso, breaks down the architectural philosophy behind Expanso, why data gravity changes everything Kubernetes got right about distributed compute, and what it actually looks like when teams treat raw data like a toxic waste dump (the good kind of discipline).

Kanav Setia, Co-Founder and CEO of qBraid, joins Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski on Data Insights to break down why interoperability sits at the center of the quantum software challenge, what it actually takes to give developers seamless access across hardware providers and frameworks, and where the field stands on the long road from research curiosity to production-ready compute.