AI Data Center IT Infrastructure: Scaling the AI Super-Highway: Challenges & Opportunities in High-Performance Data-Center Networking | Kisaco Research
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Author:

Michael Bahr

Head of Infrastructure, Data Center & Networking
DRW Holdings

Mike Bahr joined DRW Holdings in 2013 and has built co-locations and stand-alone data centers for trading firms all over the world. Mike is also in charge of all MEP designs for all company offices globally. Mike also is co-founder of a start-up, Co-Low.com, a true subscription based colocation/data center finder for all IT needs. Mike lives in Crown Point, IN with his wife Colleen and his four children.

Michael Bahr

Head of Infrastructure, Data Center & Networking
DRW Holdings

Mike Bahr joined DRW Holdings in 2013 and has built co-locations and stand-alone data centers for trading firms all over the world. Mike is also in charge of all MEP designs for all company offices globally. Mike also is co-founder of a start-up, Co-Low.com, a true subscription based colocation/data center finder for all IT needs. Mike lives in Crown Point, IN with his wife Colleen and his four children.

Author:

Dagi Berhane

Senior Director, Global Data Center Architecture & Engineering
Salesforce

Dagi provides architecture/design, engineering and construction leadership / expertise to internal and external resources for the delivery of IT capacity for greenfield, brownfield, retrofit and lease delivery projects globally.

His deliverables include data center site selection, managing efforts of land technical due diligence, engineering/designing/constructing the building shell/core, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure, environmental and building permitting all to align with Salesforce’s IT capacity roadmap for critical infrastructure builds, M&A, migration, optimization, decommissioning and leases.

 

Dagi Berhane

Senior Director, Global Data Center Architecture & Engineering
Salesforce

Dagi provides architecture/design, engineering and construction leadership / expertise to internal and external resources for the delivery of IT capacity for greenfield, brownfield, retrofit and lease delivery projects globally.

His deliverables include data center site selection, managing efforts of land technical due diligence, engineering/designing/constructing the building shell/core, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure, environmental and building permitting all to align with Salesforce’s IT capacity roadmap for critical infrastructure builds, M&A, migration, optimization, decommissioning and leases.

 

Author:

Kishore Atreya

Senior Director Cloud Platforms Marketing
Marvell

Kishore Atreya

Senior Director Cloud Platforms Marketing
Marvell

Author:

Chaz Kramer

Vice President of Product, Fiber & Transport
Zayo
Chaz Kramer serves as Vice President of Product Management at Zayo, where he leads the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management for the company’s Fiber & Transport portfolio across North America—including dark fiber, wavelengths, and private networks.
 
With more than a decade of experience in the digital infrastructure sector, Chaz plays a key role in expanding Zayo’s high-capacity network footprint to serve customers across enterprises, hyperscalers, carriers, and the public sector—and to deliver the advanced connectivity required for AI, cloud, and other next-generation technologies.
 
Chaz holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Puget Sound.

Chaz Kramer

Vice President of Product, Fiber & Transport
Zayo
Chaz Kramer serves as Vice President of Product Management at Zayo, where he leads the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management for the company’s Fiber & Transport portfolio across North America—including dark fiber, wavelengths, and private networks.
 
With more than a decade of experience in the digital infrastructure sector, Chaz plays a key role in expanding Zayo’s high-capacity network footprint to serve customers across enterprises, hyperscalers, carriers, and the public sector—and to deliver the advanced connectivity required for AI, cloud, and other next-generation technologies.
 
Chaz holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Puget Sound.

Author:

Harsha Bojja

Principal AI Platform Architect
Microsoft

Harsha Bojja serves as a Principal AI Platform Architect at Microsoft, where he leads the design and development of AI systems and infrastructure. His expertise spans system performance optimization, availability modeling, and thermal management—critical for supporting large-scale training and inference clusters. Harsha’s career includes pivotal roles in AI/ML infrastructure and product development. His experience at Meta Platforms, Bell Labs, and cloud infrastructure startups has equipped him with deep technical insight and strategic vision. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, serves on the Industrial Advisory Board, and contributes to the OCP Rack and Power Steering Committee. Harsha has authored papers presented at IEEE, ASME, and ACEEE conferences, and actively contributes to the Open Compute Project community, reflecting his commitment to advancing scalable and secure AI infrastructure.

Harsha Bojja

Principal AI Platform Architect
Microsoft

Harsha Bojja serves as a Principal AI Platform Architect at Microsoft, where he leads the design and development of AI systems and infrastructure. His expertise spans system performance optimization, availability modeling, and thermal management—critical for supporting large-scale training and inference clusters. Harsha’s career includes pivotal roles in AI/ML infrastructure and product development. His experience at Meta Platforms, Bell Labs, and cloud infrastructure startups has equipped him with deep technical insight and strategic vision. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, serves on the Industrial Advisory Board, and contributes to the OCP Rack and Power Steering Committee. Harsha has authored papers presented at IEEE, ASME, and ACEEE conferences, and actively contributes to the Open Compute Project community, reflecting his commitment to advancing scalable and secure AI infrastructure.

Time: 
4:55 PM - 5:35 PM
Agenda Track No.: 
Track 4
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