#AgenticAI: Why #CPUs Are Becoming Strategic Again in IT Infrastructure

Agentic AI isn't just going to change how businesses use artificial intelligence.

It's also going to transform how they design, size, and purchase their IT infrastructure.

Today, many discussions around #AI focus on #GPUs. This makes sense: they remain essential for training and running the most demanding models.

But with agentic AI, the topic becomes broader.

An AI agent isn't limited to generating a response. It can:

• plan a series of actions;

• query databases;

• call business #APIs;

• analyze documents;

• trigger #workflows;

• execute code;

• verify its results;

• run multiple inferences depending on the context.

The result: the infrastructure no longer relies solely on #GPU computing power.

It also depends heavily on CPUs, memory, storage, networking, security, orchestration, and integration with existing systems.

This is where the topic becomes very concrete for businesses.

At APY EUROPE, we support our clients in their infrastructure, IT modernization, and operational performance projects. The arrival of agentic AI confirms one thing: succeeding in an AI project isn't just about buying computing power.

It requires building a coherent, scalable architecture adapted to real-world use cases.

This means asking the right questions:

What type of AI workload do we want to run?

Which processes remain on the CPU?

Which workloads require GPUs?

How do we avoid network or storage bottlenecks?

How do we integrate AI into business applications?

How do we guarantee security, availability, and cost control?

The next stage of enterprise AI won't be solely about the raw power of accelerators. It will hinge on the overall balance of the infrastructure.

#CPU, #GPU, #storage, #network, #cloud, #edge, #cybersecurity, monitoring: everything must work together.

It is precisely this comprehensive approach that will allow companies to move from AI experimentation to reliable, value-creating industrial applications.

Agent-based AI is ushering in a new phase.

And in this phase, infrastructure is once again becoming a strategic driver of competitiveness.