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Scalable AI Infrastructure for Next-Generation Cloud-Based Enterprise Automation and Intelligence Solutions
Senior Technical Program Manager, United States
Abstract
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) within enterprise environments has created increasing demand for scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure capable of supporting intelligent automation at organizational scale. Cloud computing provides elastic resources, distributed processing, containerized deployment, managed data services, and flexible computational architectures that can support increasingly sophisticated AI workloads. However, deploying AI-driven enterprise solutions introduces substantial infrastructure challenges involving heterogeneous computing resources, large-scale data processing, model serving, workload orchestration, latency management, security, governance, and cost optimization. This study investigates a scalable AI infrastructure framework for next-generation cloud-based enterprise automation and intelligence solutions. The proposed approach integrates cloud-native computing, container orchestration, distributed AI processing, model lifecycle management, scalable data pipelines, observability, intelligent resource allocation, and automated infrastructure management. The research methodology combines systematic literature analysis, architectural modelling, prototype development, controlled experimentation, and quantitative performance evaluation. The framework is evaluated using scalability, latency, throughput, resource utilization, availability, deployment efficiency, model-serving performance, operational cost, and automation effectiveness as key indicators. The study emphasizes elastic infrastructure capable of dynamically matching computational resources to changing AI workloads while maintaining security and service-level objectives. The proposed framework aims to provide enterprises with a flexible foundation for deploying intelligent applications across diverse business functions. The findings are expected to demonstrate how cloud-native AI infrastructure can improve operational agility, reduce infrastructure inefficiencies, and support reliable enterprise-scale intelligence.
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| Journal | International Research Journal of Innovative Engineering |
|---|---|
| Volume | 10 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 19328-19338 |
| Published | 2026-08-27 |
| Issue | Vol. 10 No. 4 (2026): International Research Journal of Innovative Engineering (IRJIE) |
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