Networking is entering a new era as AI, distributed compute, and rising traffic volumes reshape how data center and telecom networks are built. As AI workloads surge across cloud, core, and edge environments, operators are rethinking everything from interconnect fabrics to campus switching to ensure resilience, performance, and long term scalability.

This supplement explores the technologies driving that shift, from the rise of Ethernet based fabrics that now power six of the world's top ten supercomputers to the architectural changes required to support next generation AI traffic patterns. It also highlights the growing impact of AI native automation and digital twin technology showcased through the work of VIAVI Solutions, along with the industry wide move toward intelligent and distributed networking.

Discover how data center and network teams are transforming their infrastructure to:

• Adopt open and scalable Ethernet based interconnects that support high density AI clusters
• Prepare networks for new AI traffic behaviors across chatbot, agentic, and physical AI applications
• Improve reliability, automation, and predictive performance with AI driven modelling and digital twins
• Extend capacity and reduce latency by leveraging edge locations, tower sites, and new fiber-rich architectures