Ep245: Ivo Ivanov: AI, Interconnection, and Why Latency Is the New Currency

I sat down with Ivo Ivanov to talk interconnection, AI, latency, resilience, and why digital infrastructure has to get closer to people. Airports, robots, sovereignty, and even space made their way into this one.

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro & Why Interconnection Matters Now

00:01:20 - Explaining Interconnection in Plain English

00:06:09 - Why the Internet Must Be Developed Further

00:08:45 - Latency, Eye Blinks, and Real-Time Robotics

00:14:10 - Why Digital Infrastructure Must Be Everywhere

00:17:10 - Reducing Complexity Through Interconnection

00:19:47 - AI-IX, Agent Routing, and GPU as a Service

00:24:42 - Teaching New Employees the Language of Interconnection

00:28:39 - Carrier Neutral and Data Center Neutral Explained

00:31:22 - What Neutrality Has Meant for New York and Dallas

00:38:19 - Resilience, Redundancy, and Operational Risk

00:41:09 - Latency Is the New Currency

00:45:39 - Data Sovereignty, Security, and National Power

00:51:44 - What the Industry Is Still Underestimating

00:56:22 - Space Connectivity and the Digital Divide

01:01:01 - What Data Center Leaders Need to Hear

01:06:15 - Final Takeaway: Why This Industry Matters

References and External Links

DE-CIX corporate website: https://www.de-cix.net/en

DE-CIX North America: https://www.de-cix.net/en/north-america

DE-CIX Academy: https://www.de-cix.net/en/resources/de-cix-academy

Interconnection Academy: https://www.interconnectionacademy.net/

DE-CIX AI-IX press release: https://www.de-cix.net/en/about-de-cix/media/press-releases/de-cix-launches-worlds-first-fully-integrated-ai-internet-exchange-ai-ix-to-support-model-training-and-inference

DE-CIX neutrality study / US IX release: https://www.de-cix.net/en/about-de-cix/media/press-releases/80-of-us-internet-exchanges-are-now-data-center-and-carrier-neutral

DE-CIX Space IX: www.space-ix.net

Ivo Ivanov on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivo-ivanov-de-cix

 

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