Google Elevates a Key Architect in Its $93B AI Infrastructure Push

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Google just created a brand-new executive role — Chief Technologist for AI Infrastructure — and appointed longtime engineering leader Amin Vahdat to fill it. Reporting directly to Sundar Pichai, Vahdat will now guide Google’s massive AI hardware and data-center strategy as the company prepares to pour up to $93B in capex by end-2025, with even more expected in 2026.
Vahdat has already spent 15 years shaping Google’s AI backbone, from the Ironwood TPU v7 with 42.5 exaflops per pod, to the Jupiter network that now scales to 13 Pb/s, to the Axion custom CPUs powering Google’s data centers. This promotion underscores one thing: AI infrastructure is now one of Google’s most strategic battlegrounds.

[Nahid Hossen]

A $93B investment is massive. Elevating a key architect suggests Google is aligning top talent with its AI growth priorities.

[Rimon Khan]

This move highlights Google’s intent to dominate AI infrastructure, not just participate in it.