The Bridge Between AI Compute And Connectivity
How Connectbase is bridging the AI land grab and transforming the way network paths and compute capacity are bought and sold
Issue 23
The latest issue of InterGlobix Magazine explores what it takes to build well in the age of AI, not just the infrastructure, but also the people and communities that make it all possible. Connectbase leads the cover story, mapping the AI land grab building by building. Inside, Vint Cerf, Ivo Ivanov, Christian Belady, and Cyre Mercedes Quiñones offer their perspectives, alongside insights on data centers, trust, and talent from René Gompel, Phillip Marangella, Peter Gross and Gaurav Bazaz.
Issue 23
Building The Future We Intend To Inherit
The Executive Companion to the 2026 Infrastructure Masons State of the Digital Infrastructure Industry Report
The Company That Named The Buildings
How one company spent a decade building the map the entire connectivity industry now runs on
One-On-One With Trey Willis Chief Technology Officer, Connectbase
Engineering For The Future Of AI
The importance of context, route diversity, and jurisdictional attributes
The Hidden Infrastructure Powering The AI Revolution
As AI reshapes power, permitting, and purchasing, connectivity has quietly become the constraint that decides who builds—and how fast.
One-On-One With Shivani York, Chief Operating Officer, Connectbase
Real Time Is An Operations Problem
How Connectbase’s operations team is driving the connectivity industry’s ability for real-time transactions
When The East-West Problem Leaves The Building
The next AI bottleneck isn’t compute—it’s connectivity across sites
Building At The Pace Of Possibility
Demand is not our problem. The report removes any doubt on that score. Businesses are buying infrastructure outright. Utilities are fielding interconnection requests unlike any in their history. Manufacturers are
Growth Earns Its Future
The next chapter of this industry will not be defined only by how much we build. It will be defined by how we build it, where we build it, and
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The Future Begins Before Tomorrow
Every generation inherits infrastructure it did not build. We drive across bridges whose engineers we never met. We depend on electrical grids designed decades before we were born. We speak
Mentoring Is A Two-Way Street
Sharing experience, knowledge, and understanding is a win-win for all parties involved
One-On-One With René Gompel, Co-Founder and CEO, Lucend
BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN AI AND DATA CENTERS
Turning data center chaos into clarity—and why human judgment still
matters in the age of AI.
Informal Interactions with René Gompel
Running a startup across time zones—Melbourne, Singapore, Chicago, Amsterdam—with data centers that never sleep, how do you personally switch off? Honestly, “always on” is part of the deal, and anyone
Informal Interactions with Ben Edmond
With your workdays focused on connecting the world, what do you do to connect with yourself, your loved ones, and your interests outside of the connectivity industry? For me, connection
Informal Interactions with Trey Willis
With a role that involves working at the intersection of so many moving parts, how do you navigate finding balance in your personal life? Technology moves fast, and leading a
Informal Interactions with Shivani York
With a professional life focused on driving better connectivity and meeting customer needs, how do you approach connecting with and meeting the needs of your life outside of work? What
Mitigating Threats To US Connectivity
Safeguarding measures for principal equipment, service providers, and foreign access
Turning Waste Heat into Power
Why the heat your data center throws away may be its next source of electricity
On The Question Of Artificial Intelligence And Creativity
AI’s newest edge isn’t reasoning alone—it’s agents working together
