INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE · EDGE AI
Tucker
Preston.
Global networks.
Distributed intelligence.
I’ve spent my adult career making the Internet faster at the edge. My work brings together global connectivity, peering and traffic engineering—first for CDN and cloud services, and in recent years for distributed AI inference.
At Gcore, I lead connectivity. At Digital Midstream, I apply that network perspective to finding and developing sites for edge AI inference.
I’m passionate about Internet measurement: understanding how networks behave at scale. My research and engineering interests span AI inference optimization, routing and global network operations.
Read my field notes ↗About meENGINEERING FOCUS
Backbone architecture & peering
Leading backbone design and procurement, alongside global connectivity and interconnection.
Traffic engineering & steering
BGP, Anycast and routing decisions that connect performance, capacity and resilience.
AI & distributed inference
Connectivity for GPU infrastructure, distributed model serving and AI services across regions and deployment environments.
FLAGSHIP PROJECT / GCORE
A global backbone.
Built to reach further.
I lead Gcore’s global private backbone initiative. I designed the network and procured its connectivity, connecting architecture decisions with the infrastructure needed to deliver them.
My role in the project ↗CURRENT FOOTPRINT
Asia-Pacific
Europe
North America
EXPANDING SOON
Latin America
Africa
Australia
100G / 400G Dedicated wavelengths
Read my article on Gcore ↗FIELD NOTES / ORIGINAL WRITING
All notes ↗Ideas from the network.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Traffic steering is a service decision.
A route can be valid while the experience behind it is poor. Start with the service you need to deliver.
Read note ↗02DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE
Inference latency has more than one address.
The nearest GPU is one input to a routing decision. Queueing, model readiness and serving behavior also matter.
Read note ↗03NETWORK RESILIENCE
Capacity is a failure scenario.
A healthy utilization chart describes today. A useful capacity plan also describes what happens when something disappears.
Read note ↗BEYOND THE NETWORK
Georgia connections. A curious mind.
I attended Valdosta State University and volunteer with Kitty City Cat Rescue in Macon, Georgia. Away from networks, I care about animal welfare, primates, and helping children discover technology.
SELECTED WRITING & CONTRIBUTIONS
View all selected work ↗Why is IPv6 adoption slow?
The New Stack · Gcore-sponsored technical article
↗02 / EMPLOYER INTERVIEWWhere CDN infrastructure is heading
Gcore · industry interview, October 2024
↗03 / RESEARCH & ENGINEERINGAI inference, routing & Internet measurement
Engineering interests, related reading and research contributions
↗UP NEXT / OCTOBER 19–21, 2026Meet me at NANOG 98
Miami, Florida · Peering, networking and AI infrastructure
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