AI growth drives demand for more data center bandwidth

The rapid growth of AI workloads is driving a major transformation in data center network infrastructure according to a new study from Ciena. The research, conducted by Censuswide, surveyed more than 1,300 data center decision makers across 13 countries. 53 percent of respondents believe AI workloads will place the biggest demand on data center interconnect (DCI) infrastructure over the next two to three years, more than cloud computing (51 percent) and big data analytics (44 percent). To meet surging AI demand, 43 percent of new data center facilities are expected to be dedicated to AI workloads. With AI model training… [Continue Reading]