“Emerging AI data center network architectures represent a step change in passive optical content in the data center …”The growth of Generative AI is impacting data centers and the long-haul networks that connect them. Emerging AI data center network architectures represent a step change in passive optical content in the data center. Mike O’Day, Corning Optical CommunicationsGates recently announced a new product focused on cooling solutions for the data center industry called the Data Master Data Center Cooling Hose. On a square footage basis, the data center industry is currently the top industry under development in the U.S. The company is building small and large-scale data center facilities, including two data center buildings on QTS’s campus in New Albany, Ohio.