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THE FUTURE’S BRIGHT
Keely Portway evaluates some of the latest trends when it comes to multimode fibre, and looks at why it is currently something of an industry bright spot
SINGLE-MODE OPTICS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEIR EQUIVALENT MULTIMODE COUNTERPARTS
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he Winter edition of Fibre Systems dispelled some myths when it comes to multimode fibre, and looked at the opportunities it currently presents to
the data centre market. Here, we go into a litle more depth on some of the latest trends, the drivers behind them and a look to the future. According to the latest data from analyst
firm, Research and Markets, the global market for multimode fibre optic cable market was worth $6.23bn last year. The report, Multimode-Fiber Optic Cable Global Market Report 2020, predicts an expected growth at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.29 per cent, to reach $12.6bn by 2023. One of the key drivers for this anticipated
growth, says the report, is technological advancement in fibre optic cables themselves. The multimode cable is designed to carry multiple light rays simultaneously with a slightly different reflection angle.
Centre stage It is particularly popular in the data centre market – which itself is experiencing almost unprecedented growth activity. Global Market Insights revealed in its findings that
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the cloud- or hyperscale- data centre market in particular was valued at more than $20bn in 2018, and the market research company predicts that this will grow at a CAGR of around 19 per cent from 2019 to 2025, when it will reach more than $65bn. The IT and telecoms sector share of this
market is almost 50 per cent, and one of the biggest regional drivers is Asia Pacific, which is projected to experience 24 per cent year-on- year growth during the timeframe. Multimode fibre is proven, within data centres, as an economical way to provide high-speed connections between short distances, such as between servers, switches and storage. The hyperscale is no different, as Mabud
Choudhury, standards manager at OFS Optics stared: ‘On-premises data centres, hybrid cloud implementations, multi-tenant data centres, and some of the largest hyperscales are using multimode. As data rates keep going up, there is relevance for multimode for cost-effective, low-power, short-reach applications.’
Increased demand In addition, a rising demand for even higher
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