Corning and Broadcom Partner to Boost AI Data Center Capabilities with Optical Breakthrough

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) has announced a strategic collaboration with Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) to supply advanced optical components for Broadcom’s Bailly co-packaged optics (CPO) system, the industry's first 51.2 Tbps ethernet switch designed to supercharge AI data center performance.
The partnership brings together Corning’s precision fiber infrastructure and Broadcom’s silicon photonics-based CPO platform. This innovation addresses the growing demand for high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity in AI-driven data centers by tightly integrating optics and electronics.
Key Highlights:
• Corning will provide fiber harnesses, connectors, and fiber array units for Broadcom’s Bailly system, supporting eight 6.4 Tbps optical engines paired with Broadcom’s Tomahawk®5 Ethernet switch.
• The system enhances optical interconnection density, reduces power consumption, and improves AI cluster scalability.
• Corning’s CPO FlexConnect™ Fiber, engineered for superior bend performance and minimal signal interference, further boosts infrastructure performance.
Executives from both companies emphasized the collaboration’s role in meeting AI’s explosive bandwidth needs while maintaining energy efficiency.