Cisco and Nvidia Team Up to Solve AI's Data Center Bottleneck

Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel joins Ed Ludlow to explain the company's new partnership with Nvidia on a next-generation optical networking technology built to handle the massive amounts of data flowing through AI data centers. As AI agents become more powerful, Patel notes, they could consume far more network bandwidth than humans performing comparable tasks. Patel details how faster and more power-efficient connections could enable hundreds of thousands of GPUs to operate together, while also helping to lower the overall cost of AI. The collaboration aims to address a growing bottleneck in AI infrastructure as demand for compute and connectivity continues to surge. The conversation provides insight into the infrastructure challenges underlying the AI boom and how major technology companies are working to overcome them. It is part of Bloomberg Tech's coverage of the latest developments in semiconductors, networking, and artificial intelligence.