Rewiring data centres for the AI revolution
Download our eBook on AI data centre network advances. Explore 800G/1.6T transitions, CPO, and power-optimised coherent optics with Nokia, Ayar Labs, Marvell, and VIAVI.
The ascent of artificial intelligence (AI) is setting a new standard for data centre connectivity. For decades, the optical networking industry measured its progress through steady, multi-year capacity cycles.
Today, that model has been replaced by a landscape of extreme power constraints, compressed development timelines, and a critical need for first-pass reliability. This evolution is no longer just about moving bits faster; it is about reinventing the infrastructure that makes global AI training and inference possible.
In this special Technology Spotlight eBook from Fibre Systems, we bring together leading industry voices from Nokia, Marvell, Ayar Labs, and VIAVI Solutions to explore a sector in the midst of its most significant transformation in decades.
Who should read this Technology Spotlight?
This eBook is essential reading for:
- Data centre architects and hyperscalers planning next-generation scale-up and scale-out architectures.
- Network engineers navigating the transition from 800G to 1.6T and beyond.
- Optical component manufacturers and system designers developing co-packaged optics (CPO) and linear pluggable optics (LPO).
- Test and measurement professionals managing the increasing complexity of proliferating module variants.
Why you need to download it
As AI infrastructure outstrips the physical capacity of single locations, the industry is shifting toward "scale-across" models that require purpose-built, power-optimised coherent optics.
Understanding these structural shifts is vital for maintaining economic and practical viability in a market where time to deployment has become as critical as total cost of ownership. This document provides the technical depth and strategic context needed to navigate these rapid engineering timelines and avoid the high cost of failure in AI training clusters.
What you will gain
By downloading this Technology Spotlight, you will discover:
- The new power paradigm: Why power, rather than cost per bit, is now the primary driver in data centre optical networking.
- The CPO roadmap: Realistic timelines for co-packaged optics and the shift from pluggable transceivers to optical I/O at the chip level.
- Reliability strategies: How to achieve "first pass, no iteration" in an environment where link failures can waste days of computation.
- Infrastructure innovations: The emergence of multicore and hollow-core fibres as the next great variable in network design.
- The testing "iceberg": Practical insights into managing the simultaneous ramp-up of 400G, 800G, and 1.6T technologies.