Cisco Unveiled Silicon One G300, Advanced Systems And Optics To Power And Scale AI Data Centers For Agentic Era
StorageNewsletter.com, Friday, February 20th, 2026
G300-powered Cisco N9000 and 8000 systems, advanced optics and management upgrades deliver hyperscale-level performance, reliability and efficiency for all AI network builders
Summary:
As the AI ecosystem buildout expands beyond hyperscalers, Cisco AI Networking innovations address the critical considerations of the next phase of AI buildouts - increasing energy efficiency, lowering operating costs, and simplifying operations
Cisco Silicon One G300 102.4Tb/s switch silicon can power gigawatt-scale AI clusters for training, inference, and real-time agentic workloads, while maximizing GPU utilization with a 28% improvement in job completion time
New Cisco N9000 and Cisco 8000, powered by the G300, offer 102.4Tb/s switching speeds in systems designed for hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign clouds, service providers, and enterprises
New systems available as a 100% liquid cooled design that, along with new optics, enables a customer to improve energy efficiency by nearly 70%
Nexus One now delivers a unified management plane allowing customers to stand up fabrics faster, scale predictably, and operate securely and efficiently