Meta inks deal to pay Corning up to $6 billion for fiber-optic cables in AI data centers

Corning, a 175-year-old glassmaker known for supplying iPhone glass, is now at the center of the AI infrastructure boom with ...

Meta enters up to $6 billion data-center fiber-optic cable deal with Corning

Meta has struck a multiyear deal worth up to $6 billion to buy fiber-optic cable from Corning, a move aimed at advancing the ...
Science News

Here’s how to make a fiber-optic cable out of air using a laser

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...
Ars Technica

Global shortage of fiber-optic cable threatens digital growth

A worldwide shortage of fiber-optic cable has driven up prices and lengthened lead times, endangering companies’ ambitious plans to roll out state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure. Europe, ...
ZDNet

The path to the U.S. fiber cable glut

DENVER--As he rushed to lace America with fiber-optic cable, James Crowe wasn't the sort to let anything stand in his way--not the Rocky Mountains and certainly not his cross-town rival, Joseph ...