After a sharp 9% drop in 2024, the optical transport market is on track to hit $19 billion by 2029, says Dell’Oro Group. Hyperscale cloud providers are fueling the rebound, pouring capital into AI-driven data center interconnect projects. Long-haul DWDM gear and ZR/ZR+ optics are leading the surge, while disaggregated WDM systems gain favor for their flexibility and efficiency in handling massive inter-data flows.
Amazon Web Services is driving “Project Blue,” a 290-acre data center campus in Tucson, despite attempts to keep its role private. County documents exposed AWS’s involvement, igniting local backlash over plans to use drinking water for cooling. With construction starting in 2026 and council votes looming, community groups are pushing back, raising environmental concerns as Amazon and developers move ahead with rezoning and expansion plans.
OpenAI confirmed a 4.5GW data center deal across the U.S., adding to its growing infrastructure push despite delays in its Stargate venture. Partnering with Oracle, the company now has over 5GW under development—powered by more than 2 million chips. Early workloads have begun at the Abilene site, with construction projected to create 100,000 jobs. While SoftBank lags in execution, OpenAI’s buildout momentum continues globally.
Dell says hackers accessed its isolated Solution Center and took mostly synthetic data used for demos—not customer info. The extortion group WorldLeaks claims to have stolen 1.3TB of files, but Dell downplays the breach, calling the material non-sensitive and public. The incident follows a confirmed 2024 breach involving real customer data and raises questions about cybercriminals shifting from ransomware to pure data theft.
Nokia has brought three key telecom APIs—Quality of Service, Number Verification, and Device Location—onto Google Cloud Marketplace, giving developers direct access to real-time network features. By shifting telecom tools into the cloud-native workspace, Nokia simplifies how apps handle security, location, and connectivity. This marks a strategic leap in cloud-telco integration, allowing developers to build smarter, high-performance apps without managing traditional telecom infrastructure.
CoreWeave will sell $1.5 billion in unsecured bonds to reduce its rising debt load, deepening its pivot to public markets. The company recently revealed a $9 billion stock deal to acquire Core Scientific and committed $6 billion to a Pennsylvania data center buildout. With JPMorgan leading the latest offering, CoreWeave aims to shift from costly private loans to more sustainable financing as growth accelerates.
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