LIVE Webinar - 27 August - Scaling AI infrastructure: High-fibre-count cabling strategies for data centre and campus networks
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AI infrastructure is reshaping optical networking. Hyperscalers are deploying GPU clusters across distributed data centre campuses, requiring unprecedented fibre density within and between facilities. Traditional approaches to cabling architecture, connectivity design and fibre management are reaching practical limits.
As organisations scale to 1.6-terabit and higher capacity systems, new challenges emerge. Fibre density becomes a critical concern: how do you manage tens of thousands of fibres within confined spaces while maintaining accessibility and compliance?
This webinar brings together industry experts to examine practical solutions for building scalable, resilient optical infrastructure supporting rapid AI infrastructure growth.
Calling all...
- Network architects and engineers
- Data centre managers and operators
- Optical infrastructure planners
- Systems engineers
- Technical decision-makers in hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise environments
What you'll learn...
✓ Structured cabling best practices for high-density fibre deployments inside data centres and across campus environments
✓ Connectivity architecture options addressing different reach, capacity and power requirements (IMDD versus coherent, pluggable versus integrated, traditional versus CPO)
✓ Fibre management strategies for tens of thousands of connections, including identification systems, organisation approaches and splicing/termination methodologies
✓ Deployment acceleration techniques reducing time-to-service while maintaining reliability and operational resilience
✓ Design decisions balancing performance, cost, power efficiency and operational simplicity across evolving optical technology options
Our expert speaker
Martin Warne, Team Lead, Application Engineering EMEA at EXFO
With more than 30 years of experience in fibre-optic networks, he brings extensive international expertise in field applications, and test and measurement solutions. Martin works closely with customers and industry partners to address real-world deployment challenges and apply effective testing practices across evolving network infrastructures.
