Verizon AI Connect marks the start of US telco’s push into the AI infrastructure sectorGoogle and Meta have already booked AI Connect capacity to handle AI

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Verizon this week announced AI Connect, a new suite meant to leverage its distributed infrastructure to support expected demand in edge inferencing capacity.

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Late last year, Verizon partnered with Nvidia to launch a new 5G private network with private Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) solution. The offering includes Nvidia’s GPU hardware and software that can bring plug-and-play AI capabilities on-premise for enterprises. Verizon engineers will begin demonstrations of this solution in early 2025.

Verizon has unveiled Verizon AI Connect, an integrated suite of solutions aimed at enabling businesses to manage AI workloads at scale, addressing the growing demand for network capacity and computational power.

The company will use its expertise in AI — honed through efforts like plan personalization — to help it create solutions for corporate clients, too.

The carrier giant launched AI Connect during Verizon’s Q4 2024 earnings call. The carrier’s top executives also highlighted its fixed wireless, private networking and 5G wins in 2024.

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Verizon introduces an expanded AI strategy built for hyperscalers, cloud providers and global enterprises. Verizon AI

Both Verizon and AT&T have delivered outperforming Q4 results and positive outlooks. Click here to read more about T and VZ stocks.