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A Podcast About ICT Networks. *Presented by Siemon* Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specializing in the manufacture and innovation of high quality, high-performance network cabling solutions. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, with global offices, manufacturing and service partners throughout the world, Siemon offers the most comprehensive suite of copper and fiber cabling systems and services available. With over 400 active patents specific to structured cabling, from patch cords to patch panels, Siemon Labs invests heavily in R&D and development of industry standards, underlining the company's long-term commitment to its customers and the industry. www.siemon.com

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The Backbone of AI: Data Center Ops in the Age of Explosive Growth

June 02, 2025 • Siemon

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Data Center construction has reached an incredible pace over the last few years with implications on NetOps and operations of all kinds. Today we with talk with sponsor Siemon regarding the state of data centers, past, present and future. We explore legacy data centers and how they are evolving to work in today’s environments. We then consider the current explosion in growth of data centers due to AI and what that means for data center design in all sizes of data centers. Lastly, we look forward to where data centers are headed in the future and how to plan for scale and new workloads.

Our guest today is Dave Fredricks, a Data Center Sales Engineer at Siemon, a major player in cabling and physical infrastructure for high-performance data centers.