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AI infrastructure at a crossroads: Modernization, cost, and reliability
Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:00 a.m. ET

Virtual - Dbriefs

CPE credits | Event language: English

23 Oct. 2025

Thursday, 11:00 a.m. ET | 1 Hr.

AI infrastructure at a crossroads: Modernization, cost, and reliability

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Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Participants will evaluate trade-offs in architecture, cost, and coordination across technology and energy systems to inform future planning and investment decisions.

Host: Brenna Sniderman, managing director, CIR, R&I, Deloitte Services LP
Presenters: Kate Hardin, managing director, Deloitte Services LP
                      Duncan Stewart, director, Deloitte Canada
                      Diana Kearns-Manolatos, senior manager, Deloitte Services LP

1.0 Overview CPE credit | Information Technology

Key Takeaways

AI adoption is accelerating, putting pressure on the technology estates and energy systems that support it. How can enterprises and operators modernize infrastructure to meet rising demands while managing cost and reliability? We’ll discuss:

  • Modernization strategies to adapt legacy systems and scale hybrid or private AI infrastructure
  • Compute, network, and telecom considerations as inference grows and models are hosted across different environments
  • Power, grid, and utility challenges in supporting AI data centers and enterprise AI “factories”

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Brenna Sniderman

Brenna Sniderman

Deloitte - United States
Brenna Sniderman leads the Center for Integrated Research, where she oversees cross-industry thought leadership for Deloitte. In this capacity, Sniderman leads a team of researchers focused on global shifts in digital transformation, trust, climate, and the future of work—how organizations can operate and strategize in an age of digital, cultural, environmental, and workplace transformation.
Kate Hardin

Kate Hardin

Deloitte - United States
Kate Hardin is the executive director for the Deloitte Research Center for Energy & Industrials. In tandem with Deloitte’s Energy, Resources & Industrials (ER&I) leadership, Hardin drives energy research initiatives and manages the execution of the center’s strategy as well as its eminence and thought leadership.
Duncan Stewart

Duncan Stewart

Deloitte - Canada
Duncan Stewart is the director of research for the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industry for Deloitte Canada. He is the lead researcher on semiconductor topics for the US TMT Center and for Deloitte Global.
Diana Kearns-Manolatos

Diana Kearns-Manolatos

Deloitte - United States
Diana Kearns-Manolatos is a senior manager with Deloitte Services LP’s Center for Integrated Research, where she leads Deloitte’s global research on digital transformation. She is based out of New York, United States.