Erwan Menard spent six years at Google, where he most recently worked as director of product management for Google's Cloud AI services. Six months ago, he left to join Crusoe Cloud as senior vice president of product management. Crusoe Cloud, which offers everything from hosted cloud services to renewable power sources, is best known for operating the Stargate 1.2 gigawatt data center campus in Abilene, Texas. In this interview, Menard discusses the advantages of designing cloud data centers from the ground up to support AI workloads, and how the industry can meet exploding demand for data center resources, including power, as technology evolves.Featuring: Erwan Menard, senior vice president of product management, Crusoe CloudIn today’s episode, we’ll cover…Challenges and opportunities in AI cloud servicesTechnical differences in neocloud and public cloud networksGaining enterprises' trust in neocloudsKeeping AI data centers sustainableand more!References: Cloud infrastructure suffers AI growing painsGenAI drives $119B cloud revenue in Q4AI will heavily influence cloud-related decisions in 2026 Upstart cloud provider Railway turns heads with speed To learn more about software development and platform engineering, check out Search IT Operations.To watch clips from our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @EyeOnTech.