Discover how i3D.net, a global infrastructure leader born from the gaming industry, is disrupting traditional cloud and CDN models with bare metal, real-time video streaming, and the second-largest peering network worldwide. In this Voices of Video episode, Stefan Ideler, CTO at i3D.net, joins Mark Donnigan to unpack the hidden costs of cloud, how to escape vendor lock-in, and why hybrid infrastructure is the future of scalable video delivery. From supporting millions of concurrent Discord streams to partnering with NETINT for VPU-powered encoding, this episode reveals actionable insights for video platforms, streaming engineers, and infrastructure architects. Learn why proximity to users, egress efficiency, and real-time transcoding are key to future-proofing media and entertainment services.