Economic Benefits of Cisco Coherent Optics for DCI

Efficiently transport
high-bandwidth traffic between data centers

Extending data center interconnect (DCI) with coherent pluggable optics can yield substantial cost and energy savings. Gain a simpler and more energy efficient way to scale your DCI.

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Lower your DCI energy consumption and total cost of ownership

ACG Research analysis reveals dramatic savings with coherent pluggable optics. Get the research
48% overall TCO savings with reduced CapEx, OpEx, and labor
83% reduction in environmental (power and facilities) costs
60% CapEx savings with coherent pluggable optics

How can you simplify your data center interconnect and save?

Hundreds of customers use Cisco Routed Optical Networking in DCI and metro applications. The architecture converges IP and optical networks to reduce cost and complexity.

Take advantage of key opportunities to simplify your network

Replace optical dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) transponders with coherent pluggable optics that can be deployed directly in data center switches and routers. Simplify your optical line systems with a pluggable module that can aggregate and amplify point-to-point DCI links.

Leverage innovations in coherent optics technology

Advances in coherent technology and processing will double 400G speeds—within the same QSFP-DD pluggable form-factor and power envelope.

QSFP-DD 800G ZR+ optics enable data center interconnect links for high-bandwidth transport of AI traffic, uncompressed video, and mission-critical payloads.

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Unleash ops efficiency

Simplify transport between data centers by replacing standalone optical transponders with standardized coherent pluggable modules, which can be deployed directly in a data center switch or router.

Transform your data center interconnect
Ready your data center for AI

Keep your data, workloads, and apps connected and secure for exceptional efficiency across your global data center networks.

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Reduce risk with Cisco optics

Coherent pluggable optics deliver breakthrough capabilities to transform how companies with high traffic demands architect their transport networks.

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Performance monitoring and assurance

Gain proactive service assurance for data center interconnect with real-time network performance monitoring and granular service control.

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