Photonics Emerges As The Key To Powering The Next Generation Of AI Data Centers
siliconANGLE, Friday, October 3rd, 2025
The data center is undergoing its most dramatic reinvention in decades, driven by the insatiable growth of artificial intelligence models that demand more power, scale and efficiency than ever before.
What's changing isn't just the hardware but the way data itself moves and interacts across massive GPU clusters. Traditional copper connections can no longer keep pace with the bandwidth and thermal demands of today's AI factories, opening the door for light-based photonic fabrics that promise faster communication, lower energy use and higher GPU utilization. This evolution marks a turning point where data movement - not compute - has become the defining factor in the race to build the next era of intelligent infrastructure, according to Preet Virk (pictured), co-founder and chief operating officer of Celestial AI Inc.