AIDC

  • Ethernet Instead of InfiniBand: HPE Networking Supports OCI's Mega-sized AI Cluster

    On September 2, 2026, HPE and Oracle officially announced a significant expansion of their strategic collaboration to expand gigawatt (GW)-scale AI infrastructure. The core of the agreement is the full-scale global deployment of HPE Networking solutions across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)'s next-generation AI superclusters over several years. Notably, HPE has even granted Oracle a warrant to purchase its common stock…

  • [Advanced Guide] Optical Transceiver Technology Innovations Supporting AI Data Centers (AIDC)

    As large-scale AI clusters and AIDC (AI Data Center) environments become commonplace, the core bottleneck in network engineering has shifted beyond the 'software stack' to 'Physical Signal Integrity' and 'Thermal Management.' This is because in fabrics where tens of thousands of accelerators perform all-to-all communication, even delays of just a few nanoseconds (ns) or link flaps can bring the entire collective computation to a halt. In the previous [Basic] section, GBIC's…

  • The Importance of AIDC Switch ASICs: Trident 5-Based QFX5140 and AI Inference

    When building AI Data Center (AIDC) infrastructure, a key factor that must be considered just as carefully as GPU specifications is the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chipset integrated into the network switches. In a merchant silicon-based switch environment, a significant portion of processing bandwidth, buffer structure, packet control methods, and latency is determined by which ASIC is adopted. 1… .

  • A Game Changer to Cool Down AI Data Centers: HPE Networking's Liquid-Cooled Switches

    AI is undoubtedly the biggest topic in the IT industry these days. However, did you know that the data centers running these flashy AI services are currently at war with tremendous 'heat'? Today, we will delve deeply into HPE Networking’s new Liquid Cooling Switch (QFX5250)—an innovative solution designed to cool down that heat and maximize AI infrastructure performance—and the AI ecosystem HPE is envisioning…