Microsoft Azure scales Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) production through outsourced manufacturing

Introduction As cloud and AI workloads surge, the pressure on datacenter (DC), Metro and Wide Area Network (WAN) networks has never been greater. Microsoft is tackling the physical limits of traditional networking head-on. From pioneering research in microLED technologies to deploying Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) at global scale, Microsoft is reimagining connectivity…

23/09/2025Azure Networking Blog

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