Limestone Networks Returns to CloudFest Americas With Pickleball and Two Panels
Limestone Networks (LSN), an AI infrastructure provider built on a bare metal core, is returning to CloudFest Americas and NamesCon Global in Miami for a second consecutive year. The company plans a pickleball tournament in Wynwood and two panels on the Biscayne Stage during the week.
- Limestone Networks returns to CloudFest Americas and NamesCon Global in Miami for a second year, with the show on November 11 and 12.
- A pickleball party at The Deck in Wynwood on November 10 opens the week.
- CEO Preston Gosdin and VP of Sales Taylor Henry speak on the Biscayne Stage on November 11 and 12.
- LSN says it now has 24 data center locations and partnered with Charg on a 60-petaflop AI supercomputer deployment.
Pickleball night opens the week
LSN will start the event week away from the show floor. The Limestone Networks Pickleball Party takes place at The Deck in Wynwood on Tuesday, November 10, the night before CloudFest Americas and NamesCon Global open at Ice Palace Studios on November 11 and 12.
Registration and arrival run from 5:00 to 5:45 PM ET, and the tournament starts at 6:00 PM ET. According to the company, the evening offers prizes, LSN swag and a chance to meet people from the hosting and cloud industry. Hosting operators, cloud builders and infrastructure buyers are all invited.
Two sessions on the Biscayne Stage
Both LSN sessions run on the Biscayne Stage, presented by WebPros, as part of The Future of the Internet Economy track.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2:00 to 2:35 PM ET, The Return of Independent Cloud Infrastructure: LSN CEO Preston Gosdin joins Tim Timrawi, CEO of Sharktech, and Christian Dawson, Chief Evangelist of CloudFest Americas and NamesCon. The topic is why more companies are moving workloads off the hyperscalers and back to independent providers. Soeren von Varchmin, Chairman of the Advisory Board, CloudFest and NamesCon, moderates.
- Thursday, November 12, 2:30 to 3:05 PM ET, The Data Center Story We're Not Telling: LSN VP of Sales Taylor Henry appears with Judd Lindvall, CRO of Core 4 Solutions and Charg Cloud, Nick Nelson, Senior Director of Systems Innovation at DataBank, and William Bell, EVP of Products at phoenixNAP. Ilissa Miller, CEO of iMiller Public Relations, moderates.
The first session is powered by Sharktech and LSN, the second by LSN and Core 4 Solutions.
A year of expansion for LSN
The company says it arrives in Miami after its biggest year yet. According to LSN, it expanded beyond bare metal, cloud and colocation into GPU-accelerated compute, closed a major GPU deployment, and introduced a new identity: AI Infrastructure. Bare Metal Core.
The company lists three developments:
- A partnership with Charg on a 60-petaflop AI supercomputer deployment built for high-density GPU workloads.
- New points of presence worldwide, bringing its network to 24 data center locations, with more planned.
- A new website designed to make it easier to compare and order products ranging from single bare metal servers to GPU clusters.
"More AI and compute workloads are landing with independent providers every month," said Gosdin, according to the release. Henry said customers want "hardware that's ready to go, a network close to their users, and a team that answers the phone."
What it means for attendees and customers
For attendees, LSN says its team will be on the court Tuesday night, on the Biscayne Stage on Wednesday and Thursday, and in the LSN meeting room throughout CloudFest Americas. Meetings can be booked through the company, and updates will appear on LinkedIn under #LSNMetal and #AIMetal.
The program shows how LSN is positioning itself: as an independent alternative to hyperscalers for AI builders, hosting providers and enterprises that want dedicated, high-performance infrastructure. The claims about workload migration and demand come from the company and its panel framing, not from independent data in the announcement.
