AI/ML Leads to Massive Traffic Across the Network

 Lots of attention is focused on interconnecting GPUs for AI clusters. But what effect does AI have on other segments of the network, such as storage clusters, East-West application flows or core-to-edge? Mansour Karam, VP of Data Center Products from Juniper, explains:The data center market is growing at a rapid pace, with AI/ML workloads contributing significantly to this growth. In four years, the market is projected to reach $32 billion,...

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AI Super Clusters Need Optics to Scale

AI super clusters, powered by vast numbers of GPUs or specialized silicon, are redefining data center architecture. Radha Nagarajan, SVP and CTO, Optical and Cloud from Marvell explains:The increasing size of AI clusters: AI clusters are growing from a handful of GPUs to super clusters, necessitating efficient data movement over large distances. This growth is driving the need for larger interconnected pods, achievable only through optical connectivity.The...

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BT unveils Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery

BT introduced a Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery technology that improves quality and reliability of live content for viewers while driving down costs for broadcasters and networks operators.MAUD, which was developed by the Content Delivery Research team at BT’s Research Labs at Adastral Park, uses multicast to group single streams into one shared one. MAUD has a further significant advantage over 'ordinary' multicast streams, as its integration...

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Dell'Oro: Increased Spending on Data Center Physical Infrastructure

The third quarter of 2023 marked the fifth sequential quarter of double-digit year-over-year (Y/Y) growth for the Data Center Physical Infrastructure (DCPI) market, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group.  This segment has historically grown at mid-single digit rates for the past decade. Growth from pandemic induced orders is waning, but early AI deployments are materializing as a new driver of revenue growth. Some vendors have secured...

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Dell'Oro: Global Broadband Access Equipment Spend Plummets

Total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market decreased to $4.1 B in 3Q 2023, down 14 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The lone bright spot this quarter was spending on Fixed Wireless CPE, as North American operators continued to expand their 5G Sub-6GHz subscriber bases."The inventory alignment that began in North America has now migrated to Europe and Latin America, as both regions saw...

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Arelion adds PoP in Lisbon

Arelion activated its first Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Portugal at the Equinix LS1 data center in Lisbon. The Lisbon PoP follows 17 new on-net PoPs added to the Arelion network since early 2023. Additionally, 12 more PoPs are currently being implemented in locations spanning North America, Europe and Asia.Arelion's fiber network offers a full ecosystem of data center, cloud and content services that includes direct, fully resilient access to...

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STACK expands its No Virginia data center campus

STACK Infrastructure announced the expansion of its flagship Prince William County data center campus in Northern Virginia with the purchase of an adjacent plot of land. The expansion increases STACK’s Northern Virginia data center portfolio to 1GW across six campuses.https://www.stackinfra.com/about/news-events/press-releases/stack-infrastructure-expands-northern-virginia-data-center-camp...

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