AI Infrastructure Shifts From VMs to Data Strategy

Everpure Inc. is seeing a fundamental shift in enterprise AI infrastructure conversations, moving away from virtual machines toward datasets and applications. Senior director Cody Hosterman notes that infrastructure administrators are now discussing AI workloads alongside Kubernetes and GPUs, reflecting blurred boundaries between infrastructure, data science and DevOps teams. Everpure is aligning its platform with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 to support this convergence. Hosterman warns against treating AI readiness as an end goal, urging companies to define business outcomes first and work backwards, rather than acquiring servers and GPUs without a clear purpose.