Speakers

Ram Nagappan is Vice President in AI Infrastructure at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with 20+ years of “chips-to-grid” experience spanning exascale supercomputers and gigawatt-scale AI data centers. He leads AI infrastructure architecture for large-scale AI and HPC platforms, including OpenAI’s Stargate program, combining executive leadership with hands-on involvement in site diligence, grid interconnection, power-plant architecture, data hall layout, and rack-level design for high-density GPU clusters. Previously at Intel, Ram worked on system and platform architecture for large GPU-based supercomputers, including leadership roles on the Aurora exascale system at Argonne. At Oracle, he brings an end-to-end perspective from silicon and system design through data halls, power plants, and the grid, supporting 1 GW+ campuses across utility power, gas turbines, reciprocating engines, and fuel cells in front-of-meter, behind-the-meter, and islanded configurations.