{"id":2719,"date":"2026-05-11T07:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestyfinds.net\/technology\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:18:28","slug":"why-nvidia-and-cornings-fiber-deal-could-change-the-game-for-the-ai-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestyfinds.net\/technology\/?p=2719","title":{"rendered":"Why Nvidia And Corning\u2019s Fiber Deal Could Change The Game For The AI Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZXFw8EGbX3E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia and Corning just announced a massive, multiyear deal to expand U.S. manufacturing for new optical fiber technology, likely to flip the script for AI data center efficiency. As a part of the partnership, Corning will build three new factories in North Carolina and Texas entirely devoted to products for Nvidia, creating 3,000 new jobs. And while the companies didn&#8217;t share many specifics, it&#8217;s likely the deal is worth tens of billions of dollars. This could be the big deal many analysts have been waiting for \u2014 the debut of a new technology called co-packaged optics. It could eventually mean Nvidia replaces the 5,000 copper cables, two miles worth, inside its rack-scale systems like Vera Rubin, with tiny glass fibers made by Corning, something that, until now, has never been accomplished at scale. Co-packaged optics would vastly reduce the energy needs of an AI data center, because glass is far more energy efficient than copper. 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