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Networking for the AI era: Building for scale, efficiency, and openness

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Oct 13, 2026

By Saurabh Dighe, Corporate Vice President, Systems Planning and Architecture

AI is fundamentally changing what we ask of the network. As models become more capable and AI systems grow larger, adding more compute is only part of the challenge. Today’s largest AI systems bring ...
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To address the security-connectivity dilemma in sensitive lab and industrial environments, deploying a dedicated, air-gapped private wireless or RF router establishes an isolated local perimeter. This completely cuts off public internet threat vectors while ensuring instantaneous local edge communication.