The Inference Era Is Here — And Enterprises Can’t Ignore it

Training happens in centralized data centers. It’s compute-heavy and bandwidth-intensive, but latency isn’t critical. Inference happens everywhere — constantly, in real time. It’s where AI actually goes to work — making predictions, automating decisions, and driving user experiences across industries.

AI is shifting from training to inference — and that shift has major implications for enterprise infrastructure. This pivot makes metro fiber more important than ever. Low-latency, high-capacity connections between enterprise sites, regional data centers, and the cloud are now essential to support inference workloads. Whether it’s a chatbot answering customers, a recommendation engine personalizing an e-commerce site, or a vision model scanning security footage in real time, inference happens closer to the user, it happens in real-time, and it happens constantly.

And no, this isn’t just a hyperscaler story. Enterprises of all kinds are embedding AI into daily operations. Without the right network — especially in metro areas — AI performance suffers.Bottom line: If your network isn’t built for inference, it’s not built for the future.