Explore how cloud interconnect fabrics and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are evolving to support the demanding requirements of artificial intelligence workloads in this conference talk by Deepak Bansal. Learn about the technical challenges and architectural innovations needed to handle AI's massive data movement and computational demands across cloud infrastructure. Discover the latest developments in network fabric design, SDN implementations, and how cloud providers are adapting their networking strategies to optimize performance for machine learning and AI applications. Gain insights into the future of cloud networking architecture and understand how interconnect technologies must transform to enable efficient AI processing at scale.