Originally posted on Data Center POST.
At the DCD Investment Forum colocated with DCD>Connect New York March 24 and 25, Ilissa Miller, Founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations moderated the keynote panel titled “The Disruption of AI in Data Centers”. The fireside chat style discussion was joined by two powerhouses in digital infrastructure: Dan Golding, CTO of Appleby Strategy Group, and Andrej Danis, Infrastructure Lead at Alix Partners. What unfolded was an unfiltered, high-impact conversation designed to help data center investors separate hype from hard truth.
Don’t worry! If you were not in the standing room only session, here’s what you — and every digital infrastructure investor — should take away from the discussion:
Agentic AI Is Coming — And It Changes Everything
We’re all familiar with generative AI like ChatGPT, but as Dan Golding emphasized, “That’s a demo. The AI that’s coming is agentic AI — autonomous assistants for everyone in your company.” These agents won’t just answer questions — they’ll schedule meetings, manage expenses, and negotiate on your behalf.
Andrej Danis added a critical business lens: “The transformation required to adopt something as simple as an AI assistant is still underestimated. Operational readiness will be key to real adoption.”
In a nutshell, we’re just in the sandbox kids! The real AI has yet to be realized (and will continue to have that same sentiment as new AI agents are introduced).
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