Zachary Smith
Zachary Smith is the CEO of Datum, where he focuses on building the open, interconnected infrastructure powering the next generation of cloud and AI platforms. A veteran of the internet infrastructure industry, Zachary has spent over two decades building Internet infrastructure and the software that powers it. Prior to leading Datum, he co-founded Packet (acquired by Equinix) and was an early leader of Linux hosting innovator, Voxel dot Net.
Zachary serves on the Board of Directors of Nexcess, Wasabi Technologies, 1NCE and the Danish 1st Division soccer club, Akademisk Boldklub.
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AI is already changing how networks are operated, how traffic is generated and where infrastructure is built. But for network operators, the real question is not whether AI matters. It is where the value will move. This panel looks at AI from three angles: as an operational tool, as a new driver of traffic and infrastructure, and as a potential threat to the traditional role of the operator.
As AI platforms reshape global data, upend economies, disrupt workforces and challenges decades of the neutral, open Internet, a critical tension has emerged between the borderless nature of modern technology and the rising need for regional and sovereign data control. The Internet is dead! Long live the Internet!