The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure
A curated Kiwi edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Infrastructure.
What to know about AI Infrastructure
AI Infrastructure explores the hardware, software, and systems that make modern artificial intelligence possible. This tag covers everything from compute and storage architectures to networking, data pipelines, and observability stacks that keep AI workloads reliable and efficient.
Stories here dig into practical questions: how to design scalable training and inference clusters, choose between GPUs and emerging accelerators, manage feature stores, and orchestrate distributed workloads. You’ll find discussions of MLOps practices, cost optimization, performance tuning, and the trade-offs behind different infrastructure patterns.
Whether you’re building a new AI platform or evolving an existing stack, this tag helps you understand the components, constraints, and design decisions that sit underneath AI products. Reading these pieces will give you concrete examples, architectural patterns, and lessons learned that you can apply to your own systems.
Kiwi AI Infrastructure News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
AI could drive advances that solve the problems it brings, computer scientist suggests
Higher electricity demand from artificial intelligence could be eased if it speeds up more efficient solar panels, batteries and chips.
NIWA partners with VAST Data to upgrade climate data systems
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand has chosen VAST Data's platform to enhance its climate data management capabilities.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure
Fortinet launches FortiGate 1200G with FortiSASE Outpost
Vultr adds AMD MI455X GPU & Helios rackscale support
Gartner forecasts AI spending to hit USD $64bn in 2026
NTT DATA named market shaper in Gartner physical AI
IDC survey flags networking bottlenecks for agentic AI
Featured News
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Expert Columns
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Infrastructure News
Acalvio launches AI deception guardrails for agents
Security teams may get earlier warning of hijacked AI agents as fake credentials and decoy tools are planted to expose misuse.
Stealthium & Tenstorrent add AI runtime visibility
Enterprises running AI on specialised hardware could gain better control and security as the firms target a visibility gap in runtime operations.
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 API prices & adds faster Sol mode
Businesses could see lower AI operating costs as OpenAI slashes GPT-5.6 Luna pricing and adds a faster premium mode for Sol.
Google Cloud boosts AI agent density with GKE sandbox
Tests on an n2-standard-48 virtual machine showed Google Cloud's sandbox and orchestration tweaks could cut per-agent costs by up to 75%.
LG Electronics posts record second-quarter profit rise
Higher-margin sales, cost cuts and US tariff refunds lifted operating profit 147 per cent as demand broadened across appliances, TVs and vehicle parts.
Fortinet lifts full-year revenue guidance after strong Q2
Stronger demand for its network security tools sent quarterly revenue up 26 per cent and prompted a higher full-year outlook for the cybersecurity group.
KnowBe4 backs Open Secure AI Alliance for AI defence
KnowBe4 has backed the Open Secure AI Alliance, arguing AI security depends on governing agent behaviour as well as models.
One in five data centre assets one hop from hackers
Nearly a fifth of operational systems in data centres sit one network step from reachable attackers, raising outage risks for cloud and AI services.
groundcover raises USD $100 million in Series C round
It will fund North American expansion and product development as observability demand rises with cloud and AI workloads, after revenue tripled.
Aolani & Rafay deploy NVIDIA DSX OS on GB200 NVL72
The deal targets demand for governed, self-service AI environments as operators seek to turn GB200 hardware into usable services.
Tines launches 3B to govern AI-generated workflows
The platform targets firms struggling to oversee a surge in AI-built software, as governance gaps create security and compliance risks.
Researchers find 36,872 exposed server management interfaces
Exposed BMCs can let attackers take persistent control of servers, with nearly 25,000 systems leaking password data before login.
AirTrunk secures USD $2.325 billion green financing
The deal underlines lender appetite for Malaysia's expanding cloud and AI infrastructure, as the campus is set to support lower-impact digital growth.
Vertiv marks 10 years of Asia partner summit in Johor
AI and data centre demand is forcing Vertiv's Asian resellers to rethink sales plans as the group marked a decade of partner summits in Johor.
Schneider Electric warns AI data centres face power squeeze
Rising electricity demand is emerging as a bottleneck for AI deployment, with some training sites approaching 1 GW and facing delays.
Vertiv backs ANZ partners as AI infrastructure demand grows
Rising demand for AI-ready power and cooling systems is reshaping channel work in Australia and New Zealand as customers move into deployment.
Supply chain pressures threaten Australia's AI data centres
Delays in transformers, cooling gear and servers could slow Australia's data centre boom as AI demand strains global supplier networks.
LG wins NVIDIA validation for 600kW AI cooling unit
The approval gives data centre operators a pre-validated liquid cooling option as AI servers push heat loads beyond air systems.
Schneider Electric, AMD unveil Helios AI rack design
Data centre operators could cut deployment risk and speed AI build-outs with a validated blueprint for racks drawing up to 246 kW.
VAST & AMD expand AI inference infrastructure tie-up
The tie-up is aimed at helping cloud providers cut inference costs and improve GPU efficiency as AI demand shifts beyond model training.