‍Sponsorship:

‍We are proud to be a Shift Sponsor at AI Infra Live happening at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA on May 1. Our exhibit will be located on the 2nd floor.

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Featured Panel: Building a Hyperscaler-Grade Neocloud

AI compute demand is exploding and a new class of cloud providers, neoclouds, is emerging to challenge hyperscalers by offering faster access to GPUs, more flexible pricing, and purpose-built infrastructure for AI workloads. But delivering at hyperscaler-grade is difficult not just due to standing up GPU capacity but actually operating it reliably at scale as it requires rethinking the entire stack: bare metal and VMs, K8s and slurm, security, tenant isolation, networking, and more.

This session brings together leading neocloud operators and infrastructure builders to discuss what it actually takes to build and run a hyperscaler-grade cloud in 2026. From managed Kubernetes, fast isolated tenant provisioning, automated node provisioning and lifecycle management, to GPU scheduling, cluster federation, and developer experience, this panel will dive deep into the architectural and operational playbooks powering the next generation of AI clouds. We’ll explore how neoclouds are overcoming the physical constraints of power, cooling, and interconnects, while simultaneously delivering the operational stack they expect to run their data centers. The conversation will also address the economic realities of the market, from capacity locking and utilization optimization to the shift toward inference-heavy workloads and “tokens per watt” efficiency.

For builders, operators, and platform engineers, this session offers a candid look at how the neocloud category is evolving and what it will take to compete, scale, and win in the race to build the AI factory.