De-centralized AI Workload Distribution with Global Networking

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To achieve decentralized AI workload distribution with global networking, you will want to set up a network across different regions that can handle routing, load balancing, and possibly interconnect different cloud providers' networks if your workloads are spread across different clouds. Using Pulumi, we can orchestrate this setup in a cohesive infrastructure.

One way you might approach this is to create a global network infrastructure and regional compute instances that can handle AI workloads. You could use AWS Network Manager to create a global network that connects your various regional resources. For computations, you might deploy Amazon EC2 instances with suitable specifications for AI workloads in different regions and ensure they are connected to the global network.

Let's go through a Pulumi program example that sets up a basic global networking infrastructure using AWS resources, and then how you would deploy regional EC2 instances for handling the AI workloads.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# The following will set up a global network using AWS Network Manager.
# This global network is a managed network in AWS that can be used to plan,
# design, and monitor a global network infrastructure for improved connectivity.

# Create a Global Network for managing the networking architecture.
global_network = aws.networkmanager.GlobalNetwork("aiGlobalNetwork",
    description="Global network for AI workload distribution")

# After setting up the global network, you'll want to define specific sites. 
# Sites in AWS Network Manager are usually physical locations like data centers or branch offices.
# Here, we are using them to denote different regions where the AI workloads will be processed.

# Example Site 1
site_one = aws.networkmanager.Site("aiWorkloadSiteOne",
    global_network_id=global_network.id,
    description="Site for AI Workload - Region One",
    location={
        "address": "123 AI Lane",
        "latitude": "47.6062",
        "longitude": "-122.3321",
    })

# Example Site 2
site_two = aws.networkmanager.Site("aiWorkloadSiteTwo",
    global_network_id=global_network.id,
    description="Site for AI Workload - Region Two",
    location={
        "address": "456 AI Boulevard",
        "latitude": "37.7749",
        "longitude": "-122.4194",
    })

# Now that you have the global network and sites set up, you can deploy EC2 instances in those defined sites.
# For simplistic purposes, the following shows deploying a single EC2 instance to one of the defined sites.
# You would likely automate this with a more dynamic and scalable model, such as using AWS Auto Scaling Groups or similar.

# Deploy an EC2 instance for AI workload (using an example instance type).
ai_workload_instance = aws.ec2.Instance("aiWorkloadInstance",
    instance_type="t2.medium",  # Choose an instance type suitable for your AI workload.
    tags={
        "Name": "AI-Workload-Instance",
    },
    ami="ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0",  # Replace this with the AMI suitable for your workload.
    availability_zone="us-west-2a",  # Choose the availability zone based on the site's location.
)

# Export the IDs and other important information of the resources.
pulumi.export("globalNetworkId", global_network.id)
pulumi.export("siteOneId", site_one.id)
pulumi.export("siteTwoId", site_two.id)
pulumi.export("aiWorkloadInstanceId", ai_workload_instance.id)
```

In this program:

- We created a global network using the `aws.networkmanager.GlobalNetwork` resource to manage the networking architecture.
- We defined two sites (which you could expand upon depending on your needs) using the `aws.networkmanager.Site` resource, representing physical or logical locations of AI workloads.
- We deployed an example EC2 instance suitable for AI workloads in one site. You would add additional instances, possibly use different types, or even deploy across multiple cloud providers as required by your architecture.

Keep in mind, to reflect a true decentralized AI workload distribution, you will add more complexity, such as subnets, VPNs, different cloud providers, and potentially Kubernetes clusters for containerized workloads. Each of these considerations will need corresponding Pulumi resources to be defined and managed.

Make sure to adjust the instance type, AMI, and networking details to suit your specific AI workloads for optimal performance and cost-effectiveness. You will also need to secure your instances and networks according to your organization's compliance and security policies.