Artificial Intelligence Needs Glass

Artificial Intelligence Needs Glass

With large language models that power systems like ChatGPT increasing in popularity – the AI text-generating website saw 1.6 billion monthly visits in July 2023 – the strain is on data centers to keep up with demand. Data centers, a.k.a. the “brains” of the internet...
Singlemode Fiber is On Rise. Are You Ready?

Singlemode Fiber is On Rise. Are You Ready?

Many of you are likely seeing an increased use of singlemode fiber among your customers due to several benefits (primarily distance and bandwidth), connection to carrier networks and emerging singlemode applications in development. With singlemode the de facto...
Selecting MPO Connectors for Data Centers

Selecting MPO Connectors for Data Centers

Until recently, infrastructure cabling has primarily used duplex connectivity for optical fiber links. However, due to the advent of higher data rates, such as 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), which requires four parallel 0-gigabit (G) lanes, data centers are moving toward...
Data Center Standards: How BICSI 002 and TIA-942 Work Together

Data Center Standards: How BICSI 002 and TIA-942 Work Together

When looking at the complexity of today’s data centers and the sheer number of applications that they must support—WAN, LAN, SAN, video, proprietary consolesand peripherals, and several building systems—it is striking to realize that the first data center...