The demands of AI workloads are reshaping Internet infrastructure, giving rise to a more distributed model and resulting in an increasingly complex service delivery chain for NetOps teams to manage.

Tune in to the full episode to learn more or use the chapters below to skip to the sections that you find most interesting.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

00:53 How Internet Infrastructure Is Changing

02:24 Converting Legacy Central Offices & Telephone Exchanges

06:46 Neoclouds

10:06 Hyperscalers & a More Distributed Model

12:11 NetOps Considerations

13:26 Key Takeaways

14:54 Get in Touch

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For more insights, check out the links below:

[PODCAST] Beyond "Break-Fix": Assuring Performance in the AI Era: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-assuring-performance-ai-era?utm_source=wisita&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q2fy26ep2_podcast

[EBOOK] Delivering Assurance at the Speed of AI: https://www.thousandeyes.com/resources/delivering-assurance-at-the-speed-of-ai-ebook?utm_source=wistia&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy26q1_internetreport_q2fy26ep2_podcast

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ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT

This is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why.

Tune in to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?

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