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The OCI MSA Group has established a consortium to support the migration from copper-based to optical scaling architectures in AI infrastructures. The initiative seeks to create an open specification that enables a cross-manufacturer supply chain and an interoperable ecosystem, with a roadmap targeting up to 3.2 Tbit/s per fiber.

Key technologies include NRZ modulation and optical WDM, aiming for significant improvements in bandwidth density and system scalability. Founding members such as AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI emphasize the need for a unified optical standard to meet the growing demands of AI supercomputers and ensure flexible, high-performance systems.