Spain coordinates Europe's €400 million PIXEurope initiative to turn photonics research into scalable semiconductor manufacturing capacity. The strategic investment in optical component suppliers Lumentum and Coherent heralds a new era of optical interconnects inside AI data. These pressures are driving renewed momentum behind co-packaged optics (CPO). According to LightCounting, sales of lasers and photonic integrated circuits for optical transceivers are expected to grow from $2. 9B by 2029, fueled largely by AI data centers. This approach significantly reduces electrical I/O distance. Co-packaged optics (CPO) technology, a key enabler for next-generation data center architectures, promises unprecedented bandwidth density and power efficiency by tightly integrating optical engines with switch silicon. As power consumption continues to surge with the rapid expansion of AI data centers, expectations are high that CPO will dramatically.
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A major undersea fibre-optic cable cut on Sunday disrupted internet services across East Africa, slowing connections and causing widespread outages in the region and South Africa. The recent disruptions to South Africa's underwater internet cables have significantly affected internet access across the country. The crew of the Léon Thévenin maintains one stretch of this global network. A snapped cable can disconnect millions until it is fixed by a repair ship. Two cables linking Europe to the Middle East and Asia have been reportedly cut in the Red Sea, affecting internet connections. Today, more than 95% of international data traffic flows through subsea cables, making them as critical to modern economies as air routes, ports, and energy pipelines.
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