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What is AI Gravity?

Justin Wilson

12 Apr 2026 1 min
FD-IX introduces AI Gravity
Most networks move traffic toward users. AI operates differently. It draws resources toward the compute environment. This effect is called AI gravity. Data, storage, and networks begin to cluster around large AI compute environments, just as planets pull objects into orbit. Once the compute lands somewhere, everything else starts moving
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