About this ecosystem
Where cloud and data practitioners come together to share what is actually working
The Cloud and Data Infrastructure ecosystem brings together the practitioners building and operating cloud platforms, data platforms and AI infrastructure in production. It covers the full breadth of cloud platform work, from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to Databricks, data engineering, MLOps, observability and modern infrastructure operations. The ecosystem includes user groups across the UK, North America and APAC, as well as specialist conferences connecting cloud and data communities.
Who this is for
Cloud architects and platform engineers working across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Data engineers, data platform architects and analytics engineers
MLOps and AI infrastructure practitioners
Cloud operations, site reliability and platform reliability engineers
Engineering leaders managing cloud platform strategy and spend
Teams adopting Databricks, modern data stacks and cloud-native data platforms
Topics covered
What this ecosystem covers
AWS platform architecture and operations
Azure cloud engineering and adoption
Google Cloud platform and infrastructure
Databricks and modern data platforms
Data engineering and data platform architecture
MLOps and AI infrastructure at scale
Cloud cost management and FinOps
Infrastructure as code and automation
Multi-cloud strategy and operations
Cloud observability and reliability
Data governance and data mesh patterns
Cloud security and compliance
Communities
Communities in this ecosystem
These communities sit inside the Cloud and Data Infrastructure ecosystem. Some communities are newly formed and building now.
Cloud, AI & Data Infrastructure Global
AWS AI UK
Azure AI UK
Yorkshire Azure User Group / YAG
Google Cloud AI UK
AWS AI North America
AWS AI APAC
Azure AI North America
Azure AI APAC
Databricks UK
Community highlights
From previous events
Photos from recent community events, meetups and conferences within this ecosystem.
On demand
Watch talks from this ecosystem
Recorded talks and sessions from Cloud and Data Infrastructure events. Full playlists are available on the Community Stack YouTube channel.
Implementing an Azure Onboarding Pipeline (not just sub-vending)
Matt Garner
Senior Consultant, Valorem Reply
Architect secure, AI-ready frontends on AWS with Cognito-powered auth
Viola Lykova
Software Engineer, Invest & Fund
Optimise your apps and AI workloads using in-memory databases and Valkey on AWS
Paul Ross
Senior Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
Laying the Groundwork: Deploying Azure Landing Zones with Terraform
Baz Rashed
Cloud Architect, IT Experts UK
AI Transformation and adoption
Olga Pirog
Founder, Renaissance AI
Supercharging AI Agents with ML tools
Ethan Jones
Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft
Setting up the Platform Team
Tymofii Dmytrenko
Cloud Platform & Service Owner, University of Leeds
Engineering in the AI Era
Jeff Barr
Chief Evangelist, AWS
Maximize Productivity with the Amazon Q Developer CLI Agent
Faye Ellis
Principal Solutions Architect (AWS), Pluralsight
Building a Future-Ready Cloud Centre of Excellence
Keith Moyo & Andy Shepherd
NHS England & Microsoft
Software Planning
Edward Richardson-Lee
Full Stack Engineering Specialist, Accenture
LLMs Behaving Badly: How We Shipped Enterprise GenAI Without Getting Fired
Mahmoud Elzayet
CTO, Bexprt
Conferences
Conferences in this ecosystem
Flagship summits and specialist conferences that sit inside the Cloud and Data Infrastructure ecosystem, connecting communities with deeper technical content and senior forums.
Speaking
Speak at a Cloud and Data event
We want practitioners on stage, not just presenters. If you have shipped something, led a team through a difficult decision, contributed to open source, or built something worth talking about in this space, submit a talk idea.
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