"As enterprises and connectivity providers know only too well, artificial intelligence (AI) has fuelled an unprecedented surge in network demand - especially in datacentres. Indeed, the emergence and widespread adoption of agentic AI-enabled applications is also reshaping datacentre requirements, prompting a rapid evolution in networking services. AI-driven datacentre capacity is projected to grow between two to six times over the next five years. And as AI capacity has soared, network infrastructure is constantly having to adapt to a multitude of external pressures and unprecedented strains."
"This next generation of networks will have to keep pace with new fibre buildouts and AI datacentre sites, offering extended network capillarity - using short-range radio-access technologies to provide local connectivity to things and devices - and greater overall capacity. And as witnessed and articulated at the latest meeting of the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) Global Forum in Dallas in October 2025, advanced all-photonic networks (APNs) will almost certainly play a crucial role in achieving such aims."
Artificial intelligence has fuelled an unprecedented surge in network demand, concentrated in datacentres, driven by agentic AI-enabled applications that reshape datacentre requirements and networking services. AI-driven datacentre capacity is projected to grow between two to six times over the next five years, forcing network infrastructure to adapt to external pressures and strains. Keeping pace with AI growth requires new long-haul networks to rapidly scale capacity for existing and emerging enterprise setups. Next-generation networks must align with fibre buildouts and AI datacentre sites, provide extended network capillarity through short-range radio-access technologies, and deliver greater overall capacity. Advanced all-photonic networks led by NTT's IOWN initiative aim to enable ultra high-speed, photonics-based infrastructure to curb rising data demand and energy consumption from LLM-scale compute.
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