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Supercharging AI With Multi-Gigawatt AI Factories#

GTC 2026 digest Program Core pick San Jose · 16–19 March 2026

Abstract Talk page Recording

Gilad Shainer, Peter Salanki (CoreWeave), Omar Baldonado (Meta), Yuya Kawakami (SoftBank), Alexis Bjorlin (NVIDIA), Evan Burness (Microsoft) — Panel, Wednesday, March 18

  • Why: The strongest lineup in the program for operator war stories — Meta, Microsoft, CoreWeave, and SoftBank builders in one room on network scaling lessons at hyperscale.
  • What: A panel on hard-won lessons from building massive AI infrastructure, strategies for scaling network performance across clusters, and predictions for next-generation AI networking. (from abstract only)
  • How: Panel format — no mechanism to summarize; the abstract promises "practical guidance" but has no specifics, so the value depends entirely on the panelists' candor.
  • Where applicable: Hyperscale and neocloud deployments spanning multiple operators; expect mixed InfiniBand/Ethernet perspectives. High signal-if-candid, zero signal if it turns into a roadmap chorus.