CenterGrid

08/13/2025

Not every classroom has four walls.
But it should still have a seat for anyone with talent and a decent internet connection.

Tomorrow’s panel brings together a group who’ve been quietly building the future of creative education - with laptops, cloud labs, and a mission to make opportunity borderless.

🎤 Cloud Classrooms Without Borders
🗓 Thursday, August 14
🕦 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
📍 SIGGRAPH '25 | Vancouver Convention Centre | East Building, Room 8

It’s not theory. It’s already working. Come hear how.



Eric Pinkel

08/12/2025

Tomorrow, the gloves come off!

No fluff, no fantasy - just real stories of how AI in the cloud is reshaping post, production, and creative planning.

From Boxel’s real-time relighting pipeline to AI-generated casting models and studio forecasting tools, this panel is stacked with people actually building what’s next.

🎤 From Pixels to Possibilities: The AI Cloud Journey
🗓 Wednesday, August 13
🕓 4:00 – 5:00 PM PDT
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre – Room: Theater
🔗 https://lnkd.in/djhzFrfd

AI doesn’t replace creativity. It removes the bottlenecks that get in its way.



Eric Pinkel Freddy Chávez Olmos

08/11/2025

“It’s a game changer for virtual production education.”

That’s how Dr. Jodi Nelson-Tabor described it. And honestly, it’s why we do what we do.

Cloud infrastructure isn’t just about performance. It’s about access. About giving students the chance to work with real tools, from wherever they are - and helping educators like Jodi make that happen.

This Thursday at SIGGRAPH, Jodi joins our global panel of educators and technologists to explore how GPU cloud labs are removing barriers for the next generation of storytellers - from Latin America to the UK.

🗓 Thursday, August 14
🕦 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre, East Building, Room 8

Session: Cloud Classrooms Without Borders: https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=bof_160&sess=sess491

08/10/2025

🚀 Real-time mocap training. No labs, no licenses, no borders.

We helped power a first-of-its-kind motion capture training program for students across Latin America - entirely from the cloud.
➡️ No high-end local hardware.
➡️ No software installs.
➡️ Just secure, low-latency access to Vicon Sh**un tools, hosted on CenterGrid’s GPU-accelerated Virtual Studio platform.

“From a learning perspective, it was just like being in the lab. From a logistics perspective, it was a game-changer.”

This isn’t just about one region. It’s a model for scalable, inclusive virtual production education worldwide.

👉 Read the full article: https://centergrid.com/blog/cloud-mocap-training-centergrid-virtual-studio/

🔗 Oh, and don't forget to pop in at Booth 511, SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, to witness how cloud GPU labs are reshaping access to real-time filmmaking, training, and production careers.

08/08/2025

What does a zero-waste, AI-augmented VFX studio look like?

👉 31 artists
👉 3 continents
👉 No hardware
👉 No office

💡 Just a fully cloud-native pipeline powered by CenterGrid’s Virtual Studio.

If you're building in Blender, running AI simulations, or collaborating across time zones - this is the blueprint.

👉 Read the full story: https://cgvirtualstudio.com/building-our-vfx-ai-studio-dream-studio-in-the-cloud (VFX-AI Dream Studio Cloud IT Budget Spreadsheet included).

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08/07/2025

Boxel Studio’s artists hit the ground running with cloud provisioning that scales with them - more GPU power when they need it, less when they don’t. No delays. No wasted resources. Just a cloud pipeline that works.

🎤 Catch Freddy Chávez Olmos, Creative Director & VFX Supervisor at Boxel, live at SIGGRAPH 2025 as part of our AI-powered cloud workflows panel - including how Boxel is using Beeble SwitchLight + CenterGrid’s AI Cloud to deliver real-time relighting from 2D plates.

🗓 From Pixels to Possibilities: The AI Creative Cloud Journey
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre, Room: Theater
🕓 4:00 – 5:00 PM PDT

🎟️ Official session info: https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=bof_153&sess=sess458

If you’re headed to SIGGRAPH, tag a colleague or stop by the session - this one’s for the innovators 👇

Eric Pinkel Freddy Chávez Olmos

06/11/2025

Cloud services may not be taxed directly, but the infrastructure they rely on is. And when the price of GPUs, servers, and switches climbs, it doesn’t take long for your cloud costs to follow.

If your strategy assumes cloud = immune, it’s time for a rethink.

In this post, we unpack why tariffs matter for your cloud planning, and how U.S.-based infrastructure partners like CenterGrid give you a critical edge when global markets shake.

📘 New on the blog:
When Tariffs Hit Hardware: Why Your Cloud Strategy Still Matters
➡️ https://centergrid.com/blog/tariffs-cloud-infrastructure-strategy/

05/21/2025

Building a studio doesn’t have to start with hardware.

This team concept shows what happens when VFX and AI workflows run in the cloud - scaling when needed, collaborating across time zones, and focusing budget where it counts.

Powered by Virtual Studio from CenterGrid.
Explore how it works → https://cgvirtualstudio.com/building-our-vfx-ai-studio-dream-studio-in-the-cloud

Eric Pinkel

05/15/2025

🚧 If only disaster recovery came with road signs!
But here's the thing - most businesses don’t see the detour until they’re already off a cliff.

Modern DR isn’t just backups and hope. It’s cloud-based, zero-trust, automated, tested, and ready.

And the real win? You don’t just recover, you accelerate.

Read the full blog: Disaster Recovery Reimagined: Modern Strategies for Business Continuity: https://centergrid.com/blog/modern-disaster-recovery-strategies/

ManagedServices

05/13/2025

A modern infrastructure solution - built for what’s next.

We’ve teamed up with Verge.io to deliver exactly what many businesses are looking for right now:

✔️ A smarter VMware alternative
✔️ Expert migration services
✔️ Secure, Midwest-hosted infrastructure

If your business is rethinking its IT roadmap, you’re in good company!

We’re making the move forward simpler, faster, and ready to scale.

🔗 Read the full press release: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/810045357/centergrid-partners-with-vergeio-to-expand-vmware-alternative-solutions-with-expert-cloud-hosting-and-migration-services

05/12/2025

Looking forward!

Meet the jury of the SIGGRAPH 2025 Computer Animation Festival — an extraordinary group of industry leaders whose expertise and dedication to innovation and storytelling will shape this year’s celebration of computer graphics and animation.

04/30/2025

> AI-powered worldbuilding.
> Linux-native workflows.
> Cloud that actually keeps up.

David Kaplan builds generative environments that merge physical and digital realities, and he needed infrastructure that wouldn’t bottleneck creativity.

That’s where Virtual Studio stepped in.

🔗 Explore how his simulations scaled effortlessly on our high-performance cloud platform: https://centergrid.com/use-cases/ai-powered-virtual-world-building/

Eric Pinkel