Pulumi is highlighted as an exciting infrastructure as code tool that allows users to write configurations using familiar programming languages like Typescript, Go, Python, or DotNet instead of a domain-specific language. This blog post guides users through deploying an AWS EC2 instance and configuring it as a Kong Konnect data plane using Pulumi. It details the installation process of Pulumi, setting up AWS credentials, and creating a Pulumi project for managing infrastructure. Users are shown how to create a new AWS S3 bucket, an EC2 instance with specific configurations, and export the server's public DNS name. Additionally, the post explains using the kong-pulumi package to install and configure Kong Gateway on the server, utilizing Pulumi's secrets system for secure authentication with the Konnect API. The process demonstrates how Pulumi facilitates efficient infrastructure deployment and management, aligning with modern CI/CD workflows and APIOps practices.