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AI is driving a new era of high-density and high-speed data center infrastructure, from scale-up inside the rack to scale-out across the data hall and campus buildings. While network architectures evolve and operators deploy 800G infrastructure, ensuring reliable optical connectivity remains a key challenge. Transceiver validation, fiber connector quality, multifiber link certification and manual testing processes can all create delays during deployment. The discussion will examine how intra-data center and campus network architectures are evolving, where teams can simplify testing and project close-out through automation, and how emerging technologies and remote fiber monitoring can support more resilient AI networks. Key takeaways include:
- How AI network architectures are scaling up and scaling out
- Validating 800G transceivers and AOCs for reliable connectivity
- Simplifying fiber inspection, multifiber certification and automated testing
- Improving campus network resilience through remote fiber monitoring
