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Optical fiber innovation empowers "East and West calculations" to help the development of data centers
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Author : JIUZHOU
Update time : 2022-10-07 09:59:00
"East and West" project stimulates data center optical network opportunities.
In recent years, the emergence of innovative technologies and applications has accelerated the global digitalization process. The number of Internet users and device connections has grown rapidly, the digital transformation of traditional industries has continued to advance, the digital economy has flourished, and the amount of data generated has shown an exponentially increasing trend. According to IDC forecasts, by 2025, the total amount of global data will grow from 33ZB in 2018 to 175ZB. Massive data poses new challenges to storage, computing and applications—not only higher requirements for network connection rates, but also rapidly rising demand for data centers.
As a key infrastructure in the digital economy era, data centers have become the engines of modern life. Various markets around the world are promoting the construction of large-scale data centers to better support and respond to the implementation and development of various advanced technologies and applications. According to Dell'Oro forecast, global data center capital expenditure is expected to reach $377 billion in 2026, with a CAGR of 13%. The development of the data center industry in the Chinese market has also received great attention. The "14th Five-Year Plan" outline has put forward guidelines for the construction of new infrastructure in terms of modernization, digitization and greenization, and the strategic decision-making related to the "dual carbon" goal has put forward high requirements. New data centers with high energy efficiency and high security features support digital transformation in various fields and provide new momentum for high-quality economic and social development.
The "National Integrated Big Data Center Collaborative Innovation System Computing Power Hub Implementation Plan" released in 2021 represents the official launch of the "East Digital and Western Computing" project. Through the construction of a new computing power network system integrating data centers, cloud computing, and big data, "East Digital and Western Computing" will focus on strengthening the centralization and scale of data center construction, and accelerate the construction of a national integrated data center. Coordinate intelligent scheduling of systems and computing power, as well as the construction of high-performance and high-speed communication backbone networks. The 10 national data center clusters planned this year have completed the overall layout design of the national integrated big data center system. It is expected that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, investment in big data centers will increase by more than 20% per year.
In the centralized and large-scale construction of data centers, with the evolution of data center scale and network architecture, data center interconnection will generate a demand for high-core, large-capacity fiber optic cables. According to a report released by CRU, the global demand for optical fiber and cable has exceeded 600 million core kilometers in 2022, and the Chinese market has become the main driving force for the development of the optical fiber and cable market. As a new opportunity for optical fiber applications in the future, the new data center planning made in the "East and West" project shows a trend of high-speed and high-density optical network connections. Therefore, using a lower power consumption laser, the multimode fiber connection solution with obvious advantages in terms of energy consumption, carbon emission and cost will usher in a wide range of applications.
Currently, data center operators are striving to build data centers with faster, denser, easier-to-install, more cost-effective, and more energy-efficient networks. Building the next-generation all-optical network requires high-capacity, ultra-long-distance, and low-latency requirements. requirements, constantly optimize the network structure and introduce various new technologies.
Today, the mature optical fiber market, which has gone through more than 50 years of development, has ushered in the next growth peak. The computing power network will coordinate optical fiber access and transmission, and build a new generation of all-optical network that is flat, large-bandwidth, and low-latency "with light as the base and calculation as the core", which will drive a new round of growth in demand for fiber technology and become The new engine of the fiber optic industry. To seize the opportunities of the times, apply the most innovative data center construction solutions to enterprise customers, support customers' long-term growth plans, and continue to make positive contributions to the healthy and orderly development of the industry.
In recent years, the emergence of innovative technologies and applications has accelerated the global digitalization process. The number of Internet users and device connections has grown rapidly, the digital transformation of traditional industries has continued to advance, the digital economy has flourished, and the amount of data generated has shown an exponentially increasing trend. According to IDC forecasts, by 2025, the total amount of global data will grow from 33ZB in 2018 to 175ZB. Massive data poses new challenges to storage, computing and applications—not only higher requirements for network connection rates, but also rapidly rising demand for data centers.
As a key infrastructure in the digital economy era, data centers have become the engines of modern life. Various markets around the world are promoting the construction of large-scale data centers to better support and respond to the implementation and development of various advanced technologies and applications. According to Dell'Oro forecast, global data center capital expenditure is expected to reach $377 billion in 2026, with a CAGR of 13%. The development of the data center industry in the Chinese market has also received great attention. The "14th Five-Year Plan" outline has put forward guidelines for the construction of new infrastructure in terms of modernization, digitization and greenization, and the strategic decision-making related to the "dual carbon" goal has put forward high requirements. New data centers with high energy efficiency and high security features support digital transformation in various fields and provide new momentum for high-quality economic and social development.
The "National Integrated Big Data Center Collaborative Innovation System Computing Power Hub Implementation Plan" released in 2021 represents the official launch of the "East Digital and Western Computing" project. Through the construction of a new computing power network system integrating data centers, cloud computing, and big data, "East Digital and Western Computing" will focus on strengthening the centralization and scale of data center construction, and accelerate the construction of a national integrated data center. Coordinate intelligent scheduling of systems and computing power, as well as the construction of high-performance and high-speed communication backbone networks. The 10 national data center clusters planned this year have completed the overall layout design of the national integrated big data center system. It is expected that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, investment in big data centers will increase by more than 20% per year.
In the centralized and large-scale construction of data centers, with the evolution of data center scale and network architecture, data center interconnection will generate a demand for high-core, large-capacity fiber optic cables. According to a report released by CRU, the global demand for optical fiber and cable has exceeded 600 million core kilometers in 2022, and the Chinese market has become the main driving force for the development of the optical fiber and cable market. As a new opportunity for optical fiber applications in the future, the new data center planning made in the "East and West" project shows a trend of high-speed and high-density optical network connections. Therefore, using a lower power consumption laser, the multimode fiber connection solution with obvious advantages in terms of energy consumption, carbon emission and cost will usher in a wide range of applications.
Currently, data center operators are striving to build data centers with faster, denser, easier-to-install, more cost-effective, and more energy-efficient networks. Building the next-generation all-optical network requires high-capacity, ultra-long-distance, and low-latency requirements. requirements, constantly optimize the network structure and introduce various new technologies.
Today, the mature optical fiber market, which has gone through more than 50 years of development, has ushered in the next growth peak. The computing power network will coordinate optical fiber access and transmission, and build a new generation of all-optical network that is flat, large-bandwidth, and low-latency "with light as the base and calculation as the core", which will drive a new round of growth in demand for fiber technology and become The new engine of the fiber optic industry. To seize the opportunities of the times, apply the most innovative data center construction solutions to enterprise customers, support customers' long-term growth plans, and continue to make positive contributions to the healthy and orderly development of the industry.
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