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Data center interconnect

Reliable performance for any distance

Seamless connectivity and scalability across data centers

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Optimize efficiencies and monetization opportunities

 

The challenge

AI-driven growth is reshaping the data center landscape. Exploding GPU-driven compute and energy demands require distributing AI clusters across multiple sites and building new facilities where space and power are cost-efficient. At the same time, cloud and AI providers need fast turn-up of high-speed connectivity between data centers to accelerate monetization and reduce time to market (TTM).

Our approach

With continued R&D investments, we deliver leading innovation across coherent optics and photonic line systems. Our highly automated, scalable transport solutions efficiently connect data centers across any distance—optimizing performance, power use, and space. Our solutions can be tailored to your unique needs to successfully and reliably address diverse data center interconnect (DCI) applications.

The benefits

By accelerating access to high-performance connectivity with advanced DCI solutions, you can more quickly bring AI-driven products and services to market with speed and confidence. Pave the path to success by maximizing capacity across fiber assets while deploying networks and scaling with ease.

Data center connectivity—from 10 km to 10,000+ km



Date Center Interconnect solution diagram

Metro DCI

Extend data center fabric with 400ZR/800ZR coherent pluggable transceivers and intelligent line systems designed for simple volume deployments.

Campus DCI

Bring new levels of scale and flexibility to data center campus applications with power- and latency-optimized
Coherent-Lite Pluggable Transceivers.

Scale across

Enable distributed AI training with highly resilient, ultra-low-power C&L-band coherent pluggables and diversely routed line systems designed to intra-data center specifications.

Backbone

Meet growing demand and seamlessly connect across vast distances with unmatched scalability, efficiency, and reliability using leading coherent optics and line system innovation.

Submarine

Optimize capacity and performance of existing cable infrastructure with the industry’s only 1.6 Tb/s technology, providing ubiquitous 800G connectivity, even across transpacific distances.

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