Episode 1: The Why
Everyone is talking about AI.
Few are showing what it really takes to make it work.
Every AI journey begins with a question: how do you turn ambition into reality?
Filmed in Frankfurt, Episode 1 follows the team as they take their first steps on the road to AI.
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The Why
Where the journey begins
The ambition was clear: build a secure, enterprise-ready AI platform.
The reality was far more complex.
Filmed in Frankfurt in April 2026, Episode 1 introduces the team and the vision as they take their first steps on the road to AI, navigating technical challenges, organisational change and critical decisions that would shape everything that followed.
From GPU shortages to cultural differences, discover why the first step is often the hardest.
At this stage, there is no AI platform. No proven roadmap. Just a vision, a team determined to make it a reality, and a plan to get there.
Highlights from episode 1
The journey begins
Companies are investing billions in AI. So why do so many projects never make it beyond the pilot?
In this clip from The Road to AI, we explore the barriers between AI ambition and real-world deployment.
The problem with AI POCs
Hear from Michael Carstens as he explores one of the biggest challenges facing AI proof-of-concepts: siloed teams and fragmented data, and why breaking down those barriers is critical to moving AI forward.
Our AI blueprint approach
AI succeeds when every layer works together.
In this video, discover how the team designed a five-layer AI-ready blueprint to bring infrastructure, data, security and AI together as one integrated platform.
The ongoing challenges
Hear from Rony Mikhael, Logicalis CTO, as he explains why succeeding with AI requires a different mindset, and shares the real challenges the team is navigating as they turn their AI vision into reality.
Featured in the documentary
Rony Mikhael, CTO, Logicalis Germany
Michael Carstens, CSO, Logicalis Germany
Dirk Franke, Director Data & AI, Logicalis Germany
Ben Walker, Marketing Director, Logicalis Group
Ulrich Vierkoetter, Team Lead Datacenter Networking, Logicalis Germany
Alexander Spirin, Solution Architect, Logicalis Germany
Alexander Frizsche, Security, Logicalis Germany
Arun Wadhawan, Senior Manager, Security, Logicalis Germany
Onur Ozturk, Solution Architect, Logicalis Germany
Markus Hahn, COO, Logicalis Germany
Antonio Lodico, Marketing Director, Logicalis Germany
Ben Sellwood, CMO, Logicalis Germany
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