Sponsored Can today’s fiber infrastructure planning keep pace with tomorrow’s AI workload demands?
One of the prevailing challenges in AI infrastructure is the mismatch between technology and infrastructure cycles.
Industry Views - Connectivity
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Sponsored Designing the white space for flexible fiber requirements
The white space at the heart of a data center is where the competing demands of rapidly increasing capacity within a finite space are in the sharpest focus
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Building cost-effective networks for the AI era: data center interconnect and scale-across networking
Three innovations central to the next phase of DCI and scale-across networking
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AI infrastructure is only as strong as its network
Reliable network connectivity is an AI enabler
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Sponsored Optical fiber: A supply chain in the spotlight
Will the structure of the supply chain supporting fiber optic cable provide headaches for data center operators?
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Semiconductor metrology is the key to the future of photonics
Recognizing the relationship between photonics and optoelectronics
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Why network recovery still depends on a site visit
And why automated power control could be the answer
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Why China’s Top500 return is the best thing for supercomputing
After years of muted competition, China's return turned a sleepy benchmark back into a geopolitical scoreboard
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Sponsored Data center sustainability starts with electrical infrastructure
As hyperscale growth continues and sustainability expectations intensify, sustainable electrification will increasingly depend on how intentionally the industry approaches electrical infrastructure decisions
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Sponsored Building a fully scalable fiber infrastructure
Chosen and installed properly, the fiber laid today should still be earning its place long after this generation of AI hardware has been retired
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Sponsored Why AI infrastructure demands a new conversation
Fiber no longer functions as a passive backbone interconnecting largely uniform compute systems. Optical infrastructure now operates as an active architectural layer carrying multiple workload classes with distinct operational characteristics
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Sponsored The Atlantic pivot: The case for the UK as Europe’s strategic AI gateway
Leading data center providers joining a pan-Nordic industrial alliance, alongside plans for a new Iceland-UK subsea link, underscore the growing importance of the UK-Nordic corridor as AI infrastructure expands
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Sponsored Technical developments in optical fiber
Over the last twenty years the increasing transmission speed of optical fiber has been transformational, but what's next on the horizon?
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AI factories have a fiber problem
Best get connected
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Sponsored London is no longer the only answer: Five truths about high-density compute in the UK
This isn't about London versus not-London. It's about making deliberate, informed infrastructure decisions that balance performance, resilience and long-term growth
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What companies are getting right about AI in 2026
And why there's still some way to go
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Networking 6.5 million fans at the 2026 World Cup
Why are sporting events so challenging for mobile networks?
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How networks should prepare for the coming wave of AI-centric devices
Operators need to be prepared for the AI wave or risk falling behind
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AI in space: Why tomorrow's networks will need an interconnected orbit
The future of data centers in space
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How adaptive reuse is unlocking dense interconnection ecosystems and colocation near population centers
Data center growth is reshaping where and how facilities are deployed
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Solving the heat problems: How silicon photonics is redefining thermal efficiency in data centers
Interconnect efficiency is now essential and photonics can help
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AI dominates MWC discussion again, but can telcos find their Edge?
As 6G, satellites, sovereignty, plus more drive the conversations in Barcelona
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Sponsored The evolving AI data center: Options multiply, constraints grow, and infrastructure planning is even more critical
Optical connectivity should be treated as a first-order design pillar alongside power and cooling. It must be tailored to the workload, the topology, the operational model, and the deployment cadence
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Connecting the USA: Why fiber rollout alone isn’t the answer
Satellites and Fixed Wireless Access should also be utilized
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Fiber-optic submarine cables: The deep-sea datalinks binding global digital economies
And why it's essential that this infrastructure is future-proofed
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Networking for the AI era
AI at scale demands more than just compute
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Wired for growth: How strategic partnerships can fuel data center success
Data center operators and manufacturers need to team up
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An entire cabinet just for NICs? Has hyperscalers' obsession with custom silicon gone too far?
AWS’ wrong trousers ... when proprietary hardware just doesn't fit