At the OCP Global Summit 2025, Helen Xenos, Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, outlined how the company is addressing the connectivity demands of hyperscalers and neoscalers with a comprehensive approach spanning coherent optics, photonic systems, and active copper interconnects.
Xenos highlighted the launch of the industry’s first single-carrier 1.6 terabit per second coherent optical solution, a major milestone in enabling next-generation AI and cloud infrastructure. She also discussed ultra-low-power transmission technologies designed for metro data center interconnect (DCI) and the emergence of photonic line systems that can now be deployed directly within data center racks.
In addition, Xenos announced Ciena’s acquisition of Nubis Communications, expanding the company’s portfolio into active copper connectivity and co-packaged optics—key enablers for both scale-up and scale-out data center architectures.
- How Ciena’s transmission portfolio supports AI infrastructure demands
- The industry’s first single-carrier 1.6 Tbps coherent solution for long-haul networks
- Ultra-low-power approaches for metro DCI and edge interconnect
- New deployment models for photonic line systems in data center environments
- Strategic value of Ciena’s Nubis Communications acquisition
- Applications for active copper and co-packaged optics in AI-scale networks
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📚 Chapters
- 0:00 – Introduction and AI Infrastructure Overview
- 0:24 – Long-Haul and Submarine Transmission Solutions
- 0:40 – Metro DCI and Ultra-Low-Power Applications
- 0:50 – Data Center Scale Applications and Photonic Line Systems
- 1:00 – Nubis Communications Acquisition and Copper Connectivity
- 1:19 – Co-Packaged Optics and Scale-Out Applications
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