NEW YORK, Ju e 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As dist ibuted AI data ce te deployme ts accele ate, global tech ology i tellige ce fi m
“AI i f ast uctu e is fo ci g a st uctu al ethi k of data ce te desig , a d co ectivity is ow a st ategic diffe e tiato athe tha a suppo ti g laye ,” said Dimit is Mav akis, Se io Resea ch Di ecto at ABI Resea ch. “As ope ato s dist ibute compute ac oss campuses a d egio s to access available powe , OLS becomes a atu al fit because it suppo ts mo e ope , flexible, a d cost-se sitive optical i te co ect st ategies fo scale-ac oss a chitectu es.”
ABI Resea ch fo ecasts that hype scale s will emai the domi a t segme t i the U ited States, accou ti g fo ea ly 70% of OLS li ks deployed, while Eu ope is expected to shift mo e st o gly towa d eocloud adoptio , with hype scale s’ sha e of activated li ks falli g f om 59% i 2026 to 44% i 2035. I the U.S., a ual OLS scale-ac oss eve ue ises f om u de US$1 billio i 2026 to about US$5 billio i 2035, while Eu ope is expected to peak a ou d 2033 befo e settli g as capacity matu es i the ma ket.
The ma ket oppo tu ity is expa di g beyo d hype scale s alo e. While majo i cumbe t ve do s such as Cisco, Cie a, a d Nokia co ti ue to domi ate data ce te i te co ect th ough scale, R&D depth, a d i teg atio capabilities, ABI Resea ch otes that OLS specialists a d ewe e t a ts i cludi g Edgeco e, Eki ops, PacketLight, a d Sma toptics a e positio ed to capitalize o g owi g dema d fo mo e disagg egated optical i f ast uctu e. At the same time, matu e sta da ds a d ope -sou ce effo ts such as Ope ROADM, Ope Co fig, OIF, a d TIP a e educi g ve do lock-i a d b oade i g multi-ve do i teg atio optio s. “The ext competitive battleg ou d will be o chest atio softwa e, ot just photo ic ha dwa e,” Mav akis said. “Although pluggable-li e system disagg egatio is ow mai st eam, the ve do s that ca simplify AI-d ive , low-late cy co t ol ac oss dist ibuted data ce te e vi o me ts will be best positio ed to captu e the la gest sha e of this ma ket ove the ext seve al yea s.”
These fi di gs a e f om ABI Resea ch’s OLS Ma ket Update fo Scale-Ac oss Data Ce te Co ectivity ma ket data epo t, pa t of the compa y’s Cloud esea ch se vice, which i cludes esea ch, data, a d ABI I sights.
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