Expo West 2024: THE KEY TRENDS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

## Overview Arm's Cheryl Hung surveys infrastructure trends at Digit Expo West—from cloud-native maturity to AI engineering.

## Cloud-Native Divide CNCF survey data shows beginners struggle with training and expertise, while mature cloud-native shops report security and complexity as top challenges—tooling proliferation hasn't simplified operations.

## Cloud-Native AI Hung describes leveraging datacenter CPU/GPU capacity for AI workloads and the emergence of dedicated ML/AI engineer roles blending data science with infrastructure skills.

## Recommendations She urges education so users understand AI they consume, and participation in communities like Linux Foundation AI/data and CNCF groups to track fast-moving standards.

## Takeaways Infrastructure's next decade pairs cloud-native operations with AI scale—security and skills gaps remain the binding constraints.