Connect | New York // Major Panel: Next generation hybrid strategies for next generation compute

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  • Telecoms & Connectivity
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Speakers

Jim Simonelli

SVP & CTO Data Center Segment, Schneider Electric

Stephen Worn

CTO and Managing Director, NAM, DatacenterDynamics

Richard Choe

Richard Choe

Executive Director, Equity Research, J.P. Morgan

Rebecca Weekly

CTO and Tech Fellow, BRK Tech

Brian Kautzsch

Brian Kautzsch

Director, Critical Facilities Engineering & Implementation, T-Mobile

Benjamin Strunk

Executive Director, Network and Facilities Energy, Critical Infrastructure, Comcast

As compute demand accelerates, driven by AI, analytics, and data-heavy workloads, enterprises are being forced to rethink what their cloud strategies were built for. Traditional architectures optimized for scalability and cost are no longer enough - flexibility, performance, and workload placement now define competitiveness. Current business models are forcing a next generation of compute that requires a balance between different environments, along with smarter approaches to data locality, cost control, and energy efficiency. This panel brings together industry leaders to explore how hybrid strategies are evolving to meet the performance, and governance needs of AI-era workloads.

We will address:

  • How AI is reshaping cloud architecture and investment decisions
  • Balancing performance, cost and sovereignty across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
  • When to deploy workloads across cloud, on-prem and edge for optimal efficiency
  • Managing brownfield footprint while cloud strategy is in flux
  • What defines a truly “next-generation” cloud strategy in 2026 and beyond