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ECOC 2025 took place in Copenhagen last week, and while the show is recognized as a fantastic technical show, this year’s event featured less demo activity than usual – something vendors attributed to difficulty and delays in equipment clearing customs, as well as growing interest and attendance in OCP next week.

Instead, there was tremendous discussion around AI and its surrounding technology, specifically the Four Horseman of AI scaling: CPO, OCS, 1.6T, and 800ZR/Coherent Lite for scale across applications.

This report is available as a .pdf download, and clients can download Scott Wilkinson’s slides from his opening keynote of Market Focus – Optics in the Age of AI: Where Do We Go From Here?.

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