The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Connectivity, Ben Wodecki, SDxCentral
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Extreme Networks fined for channeling networking equipment to Russian missile contractor
Extreme trouble for networking firm after inadvertent sanctions breach
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SoftBank and Nokia partner for AI-RAN commercial trials in 2027
Tests in Japan will see Nokia’s anyRAN power SoftBank deployments on Nvidia hardware
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Celestica debuts liquid-cooled CPO switch for AI fabrics
DS6005 targets AI network efficiency through Broadcom switch silicon
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Credo pushes past copper limits with 1.6T optical cable
ZeroFlap ALC looks to bring copper-class reliability to AI scale-out networks
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Meta details next-gen AI infra: Custom multiterabit switches & unified fabrics
OCP provides a glimpse at the stack set to power Muse agent workloads
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Pat Gelsinger-backed optical startup raises $27.5m to scale VCSELs for AI links
PicoJool eyes staff growth and low-power micro laser modules
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SoftBank presses on with blimp-based base station plans
Laser-tracking tests showcase possibilities for quite literal cloud connectivity
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Ciena launches VC fund to back next-gen networking startups
$200 million tranche optical interconnect startup
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Huawei bets big on near-packaged optics with 7.2T module to fuel AI scaling
Vendor champions open NPO play over CPO for AI networks
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GSMA urges regulators to back upper 6GHz spectrum for next-gen networks
With more than 60 operators and equipment vendors united, trade body presses for prioritization for wide-scale deployments
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HPE caps stellar Q3 with Oracle ‘gigawatt scale’ networking deal
Hyperscaler and long-time Juniper user keeps faith, but backlog headaches linger on
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Optics startup Quintessent secures $40m to revolutionize interconnects for AI
Ciena among backers of DWDM link player using gallium arsenide over supply-chain-constrained indium phosphide
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Could a tiny ‘rainbow’ chip be the key to faster 6G communications?
Scientists develop rice-sized chip for next-gen millimeter-wave connectivity
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Gramercy Networks unveils plans for low latency global financial backbone
Vendor targets trading firms with unified high-speed connectivity linking financial centers across three continents
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Arista smashes revenue records with $3bn+; CEO bullish on supply chain overhaul
Multi-year purchase commitments triple as Arista tightens supply to push further into non-Nvidia accelerator networking
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Deutsche Telekom trials drone-mounted base stations to complement future networks
UAVs alternating paths provided 100Mbps connectivity during trials in Czechia
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Zayo enlists Nvidia to help build dedicated ‘AI corridors’ across the US
Fiber expansion project to connect high-demand markets and emerging data center hubs
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Nvidia debuts Spectrum-6 switches to power next-gen AI networking
Microsoft and SpaceXAI join neoclouds among early users
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Huawei, China Unicom launch ‘world’s largest’ 5G-A network in Beijing
More than 10,000 base stations powering ‘seamless’ uplink for AI smart glasses workloads
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Microsoft taps 3M’s expanded beam tech to streamline AI infrastructure connectivity
Partnership to reduce data center deployment times… and dust
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Nokia hopes operators are ready to embrace the AI-RAN hype cycle
Nvidia compute powers Nokia’s RAN push to unlock 'hidden capacity'
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Cisco hits hole-in-one to secure network infrastructure nod for The Open
Network giant to bring AI-ready network to golf’s oldest tournament
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DriveNets unveils high-capacity AI fabric platforms to connect thousands of XPUs
Broadcom silicon powers 1.6T offering aiming to reduce network latency for AI workloads
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Nvidia backs AI networking switch silicon startup Upscale in $190m raise
Upscale founding reaches $2 billion following Series A-1 extension
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Nokia to scale optics manufacturing in with $30m expansion in Pennsylvania
Workforce in Allentown set to double as optics continues to be key growth driver
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Arista Networks joins the 1.6T race with AI-centric switch platform
7060XE7 line taps Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 while AMD enlisted for use in scale-out AI fabric designs
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KDDI deploys disaggregated backbone routers in bid to cut network costs by 50%
Carrier continues open networking bet with nationwide DDBR rollout
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Lambda offers glimpse into Nvidia’s CPO switch, enabling 'more tokens' through substantial power savings
Microsoft-backed neocloud showcases liquid-cooled Quantum-X Q3450-LD, highlighting efficiency benefits and a lack of need for traditional transceivers