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Panel: Are we ready for the generative AI requirement to hit Africa?

10 Sep 2024
Radisson Blu - Mount Kenya Ballroom, Floor 1
Datacloud Africa

Generative AI demand has ballooned, and the impact on the industry is clearly illustrated by Nvidia's announcement that their data centre revenues have risen over 400% on last year. Specifically for the continent, it is projected that AI will contribute an estimated $1.2 trillion to GDP by 2030, but applications are compute intensive and power hungry. In order to get it right and reap bottom-line benefits, data centre operators need to design and build for the future. This forward-thinking panel will navigate the challenges and share how to enable and harness the transformative potential of AI for sustainable growth in Africa:

  • How are operators designing and building for the future?
  • What trends and strategies are emerging regarding rack densities?
  • How other enterprise use-cases such as blockchain and fintech impacting capacity planning?
Chairperson
Elia Tsouros, Sales & Business Development - Africa - Cambridge Management Consulting
Speakers
Johnson Agogbua, Founder & CEO - KASI CLOUD
Jürgen Hatheier, Chief Technology Officer of EMEA & APAC - Ciena
Ayotunde Coker, CEO - OADC
Wojtek Piorko, Managing Director, Africa - VERTIV
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