The blog delves into the latest data center requirements and how Cisco is meeting them with new routed optical networking solutions. Traditionally, transporting data between geographically distributed data centers required leasing high-capacity circuits from service providers or investing in dedicated optical transport networks. However now, Cisco data center interconnect (DCI) connections over dark fiber, using coherent pluggable optics, offer a strategic alternative that reduces both the cost and complexity of connecting data centers to support AI applications. Read the blog for details.