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Cirion prepares network for surging cloud and AI demands with Ciena’ s WaveLogic 6
Cirion Technologies is planning to deploy a suite of Ciena solutions, including WaveLogic 6 Extreme( WL6e) – the industry’ s first 1.6 Tb / s coherent optical technology.
This upgrade will boost Cirion’ s network capacity across its expansive terrestrial and submarine networks and includes what is expected to be the first 1.6 Tb / s single carrier wavelength deployments in Latin America.
With over 160 interconnected data centers in more than 60 cities across Latin America, Cirion will leverage Ciena’ s WL6e to link key data centers throughout the region, enabling high-capacity, low-latency connectivity that is essential for customers to utilize bandwidth-intensive applications, such as artificial intelligence( AI), Internet of Things( IoT), and streaming services.
“ Following our successful deployment of WaveLogic 5, it has become evident that further upgrading our network with WaveLogic 6 is a critical next step,” said Alejandro Girardotti, Senior Director, Product, Innovation and Strategic Alliances, Cirion Technologies.“ Ciena’ s solutions will enable us to cater to our customers’ evolving needs effectively and adapt seamlessly to the rapid adoption of cloud, AI demands and other emerging technologies, while maximizing network efficiency and sustainability.”
Gustavo Castello, Director of Strategic International Accounts, Ciena, said:“ With Ciena’ s coherent optical technology, Cirion is strengthening its ability to drive greater network efficiencies and supporting its commitment to deploying greener, more scalable infrastructures, and paving the way for a more sustainable digital future.”
Chile data center market to grow at 8.27 % CAGR – ResearchAndMarkets. com
report from ResearchAndMarkets. com valued the Chile data
A center market at US $ 773m in 2024 and projects it to reach US $ 1.24 billion by 2030 – rising at a CAGR of 8.27 %.
Chile’ s data center market has become a preferred location for hyperscalers, such as Google, AWS and Microsoft, to develop their self-built hyperscale data center facilities.
The report cites several factors as contributing to Chile’ s attraction to these hyperscalers, including the country’ s commitment to renewable energy, robust infrastructure, strategic location and favorable regulations.
Chile is currently facing a significant drought expected to last until 2040, which has raised environmental concerns regarding the expansion and development of data centers in the country, particularly related to water usage.
In November 2024, several data center operators in the Chile data center market came together to establish a new data center association for Chile named Chile Data Centers. The founding companies include Equinix, Scala Data Centers, Ascenty, EdgeConneX, NextStream, ODATA( Aligned Data Centers) and Data Center Dynamics.
The report references Santiago as the primary hub and a preferred location for data center development in Chile.
Ascenty, is named as among the leading data center operators in terms of core and shell power capacity in the Chile data center market.
Ascenty currently operates two data center facilities in Santiago, the installed power capacity across these data centers was 10.2 MW, while the utilized power capacity was approximately 9.2 MW. p
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