Uplink: AI, Data Center, and Cloud Innovation Podcast

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  The VM Boom For AI Agents 08.09.2026 27min

  AI agents don’t just need intelligence. They need somewhere to work. In this episode of Uplink, David Crawshaw, Co-Founder and CEO of exe.dev, joins Michael Reid to explore why the rise of AI agents could trigger a new boom in virtual machines. As agents move from answering questions to writing code, running applications, using tools, and completing long-running tasks, the infrastructure underneath them starts to matter a lot more. David unpacks why persistent, isolated computing environments...
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  Europe Can't Find 5 Gigawatts. So It Gets Creative 18.08.2026 46min

  The AI infrastructure race is often measured in gigawatts and billion-dollar campuses. But in Europe, the story looks very different. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid sits down with Ben Baldieri, Founder of The GPU, to explore how Europe's power constraints, fragmented regulation, and limited grid capacity are forcing a new generation of AI infrastructure strategies. Rather than chasing hyperscale alone, the market is increasingly turning to smaller, distributed data centers positioned...
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  Webflow And The New Marketing Stack 20.07.2026 1u 3min

  Websites are no longer just digital storefronts. They're becoming intelligent experiences designed for both people and AI. In this episode of Uplink, host Michael Reid sits down with Linda Tong, CEO of Webflow, to explore how AI is reshaping websites, marketing, software development, and the way businesses acquire customers. Linda shares lessons from launching Google Chrome, scaling Android, and leading startups through pivotal moments before explaining how Webflow is evolving from a visual w...
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  CI Can't Keep Up With AI 30.06.2026 32min

  CI is supposed to be the safety net that lets developers merge code with confidence. But in the age of AI coding agents, it’s becoming the bottleneck. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid sits down with Aditya "JP" Jayaprakash, Co-founder and CEO of Blacksmith, to explore how AI-generated code is reshaping software delivery—and why continuous integration is struggling to keep up. As coding agents produce pull requests in minutes, developers are increasingly stuck waiting on builds, tests, ...
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  The Godfather of AI Ready Data Centers 16.06.2026 59min

  Finding a gigawatt gets headlines, but securing a single megawatt can feel nearly impossible. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid sits down with Tony Rossabi, Founder & CEO of OCOLO and one of the industry's most experienced operators, investors, and builders of digital infrastructure. As AI drives unprecedented demand for compute, data centers have become the critical foundation of the modern economy. But delivering new capacity isn't as simple as building more facilities. Power avai...
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  Storage For The AI Tidal Wave 19.05.2026 35min

  AI doesn’t slow down because we run out of ideas. It slows down when the data can’t move fast enough, the racks can’t get enough power, and the infrastructure stack can’t evolve quickly enough to keep up with GPU-scale reality. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid sits down with Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO of VAST Data, to unpack the infrastructure challenges shaping the next era of AI. Renen shares the long arc behind what looks like “overnight success,” and why he believed early on tha...
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  Edge Ready: Cisco, AI, and the Next Network Wave 02.12.2025 37min

  What if the real AI boom hasn’t started yet? Brink Sanders, SVP of Global Networking Sales at Cisco, joins us to map the shift from GPU-packed data centers to edge networks where AI operators, robots, and latency-sensitive apps will live, and why simplification is now the most valuable feature in enterprise networking. We dig into the unification of Meraki and Catalyst with a single license model, how G2’s product leadership is speeding innovation and slashing complexity, and why customers wa...
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  Breaking the Egress Trap: Redefining Cloud Economics 25.11.2025 58min

  What if cloud storage were fast, predictable, and free of egress surprises? In this episode of Uplink, Wasabi CEO & Co-Founder David Friend joins host Michael Reid to break down how a clean architecture and a simple, one-price model reshaped the economics of cloud storage – especially for AI-driven workloads. David shares why S3 compatibility was essential, how software-driven durability achieves eleven nines without late-night rebuilds, and how Wasabi scaled from a bold prototype to sell...
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  Reinventing the Internet: SCION and the Future of Connectivity 05.11.2025 26min

  The internet’s greatest strength—connecting everything to everything—has become its biggest risk for industries that can’t afford downtime or hijacks. In this episode of Uplink, we sit down with Martin Bosshardt, CEO of Anapaya, to explore how the SCION protocol brings private-network control to the public internet – without replacing BGP. Martin unpacks how this architecture enables multiple trusted paths, keeps routing invisible to attackers, and confines data flows within national boundari...
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  Hustle and Growth: The Megaport France Story 01.10.2025 15min

  What does it take to build a technology business from scratch in a new market? In this episode of Uplink, Emmanuel Sevray, Head of Sales SEMEA, and Lionel David, Solutions Architect at Megaport, reveal how they transformed a virtually non-existent operation into a thriving business serving over 100 major French companies in less than four years. From delivering 50 Gbps during peak mass-mailing campaigns to turning customer challenges into platform innovations, Manu and Lionel share how a smal...
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  Breaking Barriers: Insights From an Internet Pioneer 17.09.2025 58min

  From failing his bachelor’s degree three times to becoming the architect of Europe’s internet backbone, Raphael Maunier’s story is as unconventional as it is inspiring. The Co-Founder and COO of OpsMill shares how a two-week Paris vacation turned into a pioneering career building internet exchanges, fighting DDoS attacks, and leading companies to acquisitions by tech giants. Raphael talks about his bold leap into configuring Cisco routers with zero formal training, the mindset that carried h...
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  Expanding in Europe: Balancing Security, Regulation, and Innovation 10.09.2025 19min

  Data sovereignty is more than a buzzword in Europe – it’s a regulatory and operational reality. In this episode of Uplink, Nicolas Duffour, Strategic Development Director at Cloud Temple, unpacks how European organizations are balancing security, sovereignty, and innovation in the cloud. From his experience as CIO and CTO for French government ministries to his role helping enterprises and public agencies adopt hybrid cloud models, Nicolas shares how Cloud Temple became one of just four provi...
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  Self-Healing Networks and Sovereign AI: The Future of Global Connectivity 03.09.2025 27min

  From aspiring diplomat to tech leader fluent in five languages, Elena Chernykh has a unique vantage point on bridging East and West in today’s digital infrastructure. As Head of Europe Enterprise Sales at CITIC Telecom CPC, Elena’s leading the charge in creating compliant, AI-ready networks that power global business. In this episode of Uplink, Elena joins host Michael Reid to explore: how CITIC evolved from simple connectivity to building controlled AI environmentsthe shift from traditional...
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  Automating Connectivity: The Future of Digital Infrastructure 29.08.2025 18min

  The digital infrastructure powering our connected world remains largely invisible to most of us – but the way it’s bought and sold is being completely transformed. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid is joined by Ben Edmond, founder and CEO of Connectbase, to unpack how his company is building the world’s first true marketplace for connectivity. With 4.2 million unique quotes processed every month and 1.9 trillion rows of location-based connectivity data, Connectbase is redefining how pro...
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  The Influencer Making Network Engineering Cool Again 21.08.2025 12min

  What happens when a social media obsession evolves into one of the most unconventional and impactful roles in B2B tech? In this episode of Uplink, we sit down with Alexis Bertholf, Megaport’s Global Technical Evangelist, whose mission is to make network engineering cool again. Alexis shares her journey from Cisco to creating a role with no blueprint, her belief that networking is “the oxygen of technology,” and why community building matters more than ever in the AI and cloud era. She also re...
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  Fiber Paths and Failsafes: Why Your Network Design Matters 15.08.2025 23min

  Redundancy isn’t just a buzzword – it’s the backbone of modern digital infrastructure. In this episode of Uplink, Kevin Schlosser, Interconnection Product Manager at NTT Global Data Centers, joins host Michael Reid to unpack the meticulous network design strategies that keep AI- and cloud-powered systems online. Kevin reveals how today’s data centers are built with failure in mind – think four diverse entry points, rigorous fiber path mapping, and redundancy plans tailored to each customer’s ...
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  Navigating the Growth of Digital Infrastructure in Brazil 07.08.2025 25min

  From flat-rate dial-up to a fiber-powered future, Carlos Eduardo Sedeh has been at the center of Brazil’s digital transformation. In this episode of Uplink, the CEO of SAMM (formerly Megatelecom) joins host Michael Reid to explore how his early innovations disrupted a market dominated by high-cost internet access – and how that same customer-first mindset continues to shape one of Brazil’s most agile B2B telecom networks. Carlos walks us through SAMM’s evolution via seven acquisitions, a grow...
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  From Dial-Up to Colo: The Impact of AI on Data Center Design 24.07.2025 34min

  The digital infrastructure landscape has come a long way since the dial-up era – and Jay Smith has seen it all. With nearly three decades of experience in data center operations, Jay, VP of Data Center Operations and Engineering at Evocative, joins host Michael Reid to unpack the radical transformation sweeping the industry. From the myth that the cloud would kill colo to today’s AI-driven colocation renaissance, Jay offers a grounded yet forward-looking take on how the physical layer is adap...
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  LATAM Rising: Building the AI-Ready Digital Frontier 09.07.2025 11min

  The digital revolution sweeping across Latin America is transforming more than tech infrastructure - it’s reshaping entire economies. In this episode of Uplink, Gabriel Del Campo, VP of Data Center, Security & Cloud at Cirion Technologies, reveals how LATAM is building a bold future through AI-ready data centers, sustainable energy, and visionary public policy. From purpose-built facilities with advanced cooling and high power density to governments rolling out incentives for tech investm...
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  GPU Powerhouse: Scaling an AI Cloud in the Heart of Europe 25.06.2025 32min

  From gaming rigs to high-performance AI infrastructure, Julien Gauthier’s journey with Arkane Cloud mirrors the meteoric rise of GPU demand. In this episode of Uplink, the CEO and founder of Arkane Cloud shares how a pivot from 3D rendering to AI compute positioned his Paris-based company at the forefront of the AI infrastructure wave. Julien walks us through the evolution of NVIDIA’s architecture, the challenges of deploying high-density GPU clusters, and why American AI companies are flocki...