A Different Lens: From Innovation to Impact

By Bill KleymanShare

Hey friends,

There’s “having a moment”… and then there’s redefining an entire industry.

AI is doing the latter. And data centers? They’re right at the center of it all.

Let’s dive in -

1. 🧠 The Infrastructure Renaissance Has Begun

We're beyond the moment. Because of AI, it's a full-blown renaissance. And data centers? They’re right at the center of it all.

AI isn’t incremental, it’s exponential.

And it’s fundamentally rewriting the rules of performance - from silicon to cooling, from chip to chassis.

Just look at what’s driving this:

DeepSeek and Gemini workloads pushing 10x–100x more compute
Goldman Sachs forecasting a 165% surge in data center power by 2030 (and that’s probably conservative)
A shift from “just IT” to national strategic infrastructure

I joined Rich Miller on the Data Center Richness podcast to unpack this moment with insights from Kevin O’Leary’s 8GW Wonder Valley project, and fresh takeaways from DCW 2025.

🎧 Listen in: Data Center Richness Podcast

2. 🧱 AI is Shaking the Software Stack

Forget just hardware - AI is disrupting the entire data center software stack.

According to Data Center Knowledge, AI is:

Reshaping workload orchestration and resource scheduling
Forcing vendors to rethink virtualization and performance telemetry
Making real-time adaptability a must-have, not a bonus

And the best part? We’re only scratching the surface.

📖 Read the breakdown

"If you don’t know where your model lives - bit by bit, byte by byte - you’re not building AI. You’re building a liability."
🎥 Watch the full clip

3. 🎬 Is AI About to Kill the Magic of the Movies?

I recently sat through a DC movie with tragic CGI. It got me thinking, is AI killing creativity?

We’re entering a world of AI-written scripts, AI-built sets, even AI-generated actors. So, where does that leave imagination? Human nuance? Emotion?

Our Business Analyst (and movie superfan) Ash Ali dug into this in his first blog for Apolo: 📽️ “Is AI About to Take Away the Magic From the Movies?”

👉 Dive into the read

4. 🛡️ Hackers Are Targeting AI Data Centers Wirelessly

Yes, you read that right. Wireless attacks are the new frontier. According to SC World, hackers are now:

Using rogue IoT & radio devices to penetrate secured DCs
Exploiting wireless spectrum vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data
Skipping the “firewall” altogether

This isn’t theoretical, it’s happening. If your physical security ends at the door, you’re already behind.

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🛰️ Read how it’s unfolding

"This isn’t just a shift in technology, it’s a redefinition of what a data center looks like."

🎥 Watch the full clip

5. 🌐 Connectivity is Cracking Under AI Pressure

Infrastructure isn’t just about chips and cooling; it’s also about interconnects.

Network Computing reports:

AI is exposing fragility in enterprise-wide connectivity
Legacy systems are choking on data volume + latency
AI requires a next-gen network fabric, not just more fiber

The future? Decentralized, elastic, ultra-low-latency pipelines.

🧵 Explore the full report

Let’s keep building. And scaling. And questioning everything.

Until next time.

Stay tuned, stay curious, and stay excited!

Best,

Bill Kleyman

CEO, Apolo

Program Chair, AFCOM Data Center World