Addison Snell

Drawing from recent surveys of the end user members of the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO), Addison Snell of Intersect360 Research will present the trends, needs, and "satisfaction gaps" for buyers of HPC and AI technologies. The talk will focus primarily on the Storage and Networking modules of the survey, with some highlights from others (e.g. processors, facilities, cloud) as appropriate. Addison will also provide overall market context of the total AI or accelerated computing market at a data center level, showing the growth of hyperscale AI, AI-focused clouds, and national sovereign AI data centers, relative to the HPC-AI and enterprise segments, which are experiencing diminishing influence in a booming market.

Addison Snell

CEO

Intersect360 Research

The massive growth of hyperscale AI has pushed the HPC-AI market to a critical inflection point in 2025. The market is increasingly defined by companies spending tens of billions of dollars per year, building massive data centers hundreds of megawatts — even gigawatts — at a time. As a result, national sovereignty sensitivity is on the rise, and we see independent technology tracks from the U.S., China, Japan, the EU, the UK, India, and others. This has significant implications throughout the industry, including for storage, networking, and data management. 

Addison Snell of Intersect360 Research has been tracking HPC industry dynamics for more than 20 years. In his talk, he will look at the big questions facing the developers, practitioners, and strategy makers in the SDC community, with research fueled by the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). 

Addison Snell

CEO

Intersect360 Research