Host Roy Chamberlain and Leviton data center expert Mike Connaughton reflect on season 2 of Beyond Bandwidth. They talk about the experts interviewed, and highlight some of the key topics covered, including: Emerging AI solutions like hollow core fiber and new transceiver technologiesThe problem of power consumption and finding efficiency gainsStandards bodies keeping up with AI advancementsGeography, the power grid, and data center real estate trends
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Host Roy Chamberlain and Leviton data center expert Mike Connaughton reflect on season 2 of Beyond Bandwidth. They talk about the experts interviewed, and highlight some of the key topics covered, including: Emerging AI solutions like hollow core fiber and new transceiver technologiesThe problem of power consumption and finding efficiency gainsStandards bodies keeping up with AI advancementsGeography, the power grid, and data center real estate trends
Episode 3 | AI Panel: Brooke Ford on Emerging Technologies
Beyond Bandwidth
14 minutes
5 months ago
Episode 3 | AI Panel: Brooke Ford on Emerging Technologies
In a continuation of the AI panel discussion at the 2025 BICSI Winter Conference, Leviton’s Brooke Ford discusses some of the emerging fiber infrastructure solutions that address density, including very small form factor (VSFF) connectors and multicore fiber. He also outlines potential technologies that reduce power consumption, such as co-packaged optics and linear drive pluggable optics. Lastly, Brooke explains how hollow core fiber is a unique (but expensive) option for improving latency i...
Beyond Bandwidth
Host Roy Chamberlain and Leviton data center expert Mike Connaughton reflect on season 2 of Beyond Bandwidth. They talk about the experts interviewed, and highlight some of the key topics covered, including: Emerging AI solutions like hollow core fiber and new transceiver technologiesThe problem of power consumption and finding efficiency gainsStandards bodies keeping up with AI advancementsGeography, the power grid, and data center real estate trends
