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At ECOC 2026, Corning showcases new GlassWorks AI™ solutions, including Contour Form Micro Cable, multicore fiber, advanced connectivity, and CPO — to help scale AI networks.

Discover how Corning® Multicore Fiber can reduce embodied carbon in AI data centers by up to 60%, while cutting materials, labor, space, and deployment time.

Learn why scalable co-packaged optics (CPO) requires an end-to-end system approach. Explore how fiber-to-chip design impacts power, density, and reliability in next-generation AI networks.

Proactive security relies on a strong foundation. Learn how the Corning Instrata collaboration future-proofs security with an end-to-end fiber optic infrastructure.

Learn more about the MMC Connector with PRIZM TMT ferrule and how it improves AI data center speed, density, and reliability.

Learn how to improve fiber broadband deployment productivity and successfully scale deployments.

Corning is committed to supporting BEAD projects with domestic manufacturing, coordinated delivery, and a commitment to connect Americans to reliable broadband.

Corning is breaking ground on the next chapter of American AI innovation with the expansion of our Trivium optical cable manufacturing facility in North Carolina.

Corning Incorporated is a one of four U.S. fiber and cable manufacturing industry leaders who pledge BABA-compliant supply for the life of the BEAD program.

Corning® Multicore Fiber is the density breakthrough that AI data center operators have been waiting for to create a future-ready foundation for AI networking.

Corning’s newest fiber, cable, and connector technologies, unveiled at OFC 2026, enable faster builds, higher capacity, and seamless scaling for AI ready networks.

Rural broadband providers face unique challenges in disaster preparedness. Learn how to harden infrastructure and leverage mutual aid to ensure network uptime.

Data Center trends show that 2026 will be the year that hyperscalers support growing AI demand by scaling across and up into new territory.

Learn how Corning Advanced Optics and Corning Optical Communications enable scale up network enablement — from chip manufacturing to optical fiber connectivity.

What are the key trends for the broadband industry in 2026? Learn more about the future of broadband and how to prepare for another year of accelerated change.

Corning’s pre-terminated fiber and connectivity solutions help Southern Tier Network lower overall costs and speed up deployment.

Corning’s Evolv® FRECAP fiber optic enclosures simplify installation while enhancing reliability for critical networks and extreme conditions.

Learn four critical strategies for scaling the future of AI data center infrastructure design with fiber connectivity.  

Learn how AI data centers are increasing network capacity by scaling up, out, and across and how Corning fiber solutions can support scalability at every phase.

The need for skilled fiber technicians is growing. Learn how Corning is partnering with educational institutions to train the next generation of fiber technicians.

Learn how Corning's modern IBN fiber solutions enhance utility grid security, extending connectivity and evolving with the next generation of security devices.

Celebrating 5 years of the Evolv® Terminal with Pushlok® technology, learn how Corning's technology has simplified and accelerated FTTH fiber deployments.

Learn how fiber optic solutions are powering network connectivity and driving innovation in harsh industrial environments like mining and manufacturing.

Corning is working on a transformative new program that will help shape the future of AI and Cloud networks around the world. It’s a strategic manufacturing collaboration with Microsoft, to accelerate the production of Microsoft’s Hollow Core Fiber (HCF).

Build broadband resilience with disaster-ready networks. Learn proven approaches to respond faster, minimize network downtime, and keep communities connected.

Learn how Corning’s fiber optic cabling solutions provide the higher bandwidth, speed, and flexibility required by Visual Intelligence (VI) infrastructure and technology.

Learn how Corning collaborated with the Hyatt Studios brand to deliver a fast and reliable, future-ready, fiber network infrastructure.

Dispel common myths and learn why pre-terminated fiber optic cable solutions scale faster, streamline labor, and generate revenue sooner.

Learn how Corning successfully deployed fiber broadband to rural Northern communities with careful planning and close collaboration.

Learn how Corning is contributing to Broadcom’s new Bailly CPO system, the industry’s first fully CPO-based 51.2 Tbps Ethernet switch, helping to power the future of AI.

Learn how Corning’s optical fiber innovations are bridging the digital divide, streamlining installations, and exploring the future of connectivity.

Learn how Corning’s Contour Fiber cable is helping to solve the optical fiber density challenge for Lumen and laying the groundwork for the future of AI.

Learn how co-packaged optics is reshaping data center networks by slashing power use and unlocking massive bandwidth for next-gen AI performance.

Discover how Charlottesville's community fiber investment unlocked economic benefits with job growth, housing value increase, and digital microbusiness density.

Learn more about Corning GlassWorks AI solutions, robust products and services designed to help operators navigate the complexities of custom AI network design.

At OFC 2025, Corning is excited to unveil our next-generation fiber and cable solutions unleashing a new level of connectivity and preparing AI networks for the future.

Learn how, as the fiber innovation leader, Corning collaborates with NVIDIA to advance AI networks, the industries it transforms, and the lives it improves.

Learn about the challenges facing the cable industry and how Corning is lowering deployment barriers and helping deploy faster, cheaper, and better fiber networks.

Learn how Corning's collaboration with Planters Broadband Cooperative is bringing fiber to rural areas and closing the rural digital divide in Georgia.

Learn why the time is now to replace copper with fiber optic cabling to upgrade the network infrastructure.

Disover how the NVIDIA 800G InfiniBand and Ethernet Connectivity Guide can help you take advantage of AI opportunities.

Learn how Corning's network technology updated Wigwam Resort's network infrastructure with seamless internet and a secure network while keeping its charm.

What’s ahead for the broadband industry in 2025? Corning discusses industry trends and how our broadband solutions will help you meet this moment together.

Discover the data center trends and industry predictions for 2025 when fiber innovation, scalability, and density will be key to AI data center network growth.

Learn how Corning helped DTC design and deploy a plug-and-play fiber connectivity solution to bring high-speed Internet access to houseboats in a marina.

The Corning Fiber Optic Training Center at Catawba Valley Community Colleges in Hickory, N.C. has opened. It's a great time to join our industry.

Unlock the potential of AI with co-packaged optics. Boost your network's bandwidth, density, latency, and power efficiency with good CPO network design.

SMF-28 Contour Optical Fiber is smaller, lighter, and bend resilient. Learn how this fiber of the future is changing the game for the industry.

Corning delves into the BEAD program, its timeline and BABA-compliance requirements to help service providers navigate this broadband funding opportunity.

Building a new broadband network? Learn the advantages and tradeoffs of each fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture and the tradeoffs that could factor into your decision.

Learn how a broadband infrastructure project demonstrates the power of fiber cabling to bridge the digital divide and create the smart roadways of the future.

Corning’s cables are designed for long distance transmissions and are being used to bridge the digital divide, connecting rural America's middle mile.

Broadband funding programs play a large role in expanding high-speed Internet access. Here's a list of some of the most impactful programs.

The promise of Industry 4.0 is finally being realized. Learn how fiber infrastructure from Corning is essential to enabling the smart industrial revolution.

Learn how MTDCs cater to the financial service and banking industry, and how Corning's high-density fiber infrastructure is central to their success.

AI needs data center cabling solutions that can support extensive GPU clusters and the optical connectivity industry is already rising to meet that challenge.

The Corning Choices program encourages Wilson STEM academy girls and provides the guidance to spark their career curiosities.

Learn how broadband service providers can boost network resilience and plan for climate-change related emergencies to mitigate damages and repair costs.

At the OFC 2024 Conference, learn how Corning's optical fiber innovations meet speed of deployment, cost-effectiveness, density and sustainability needs.

Learn how Multifiber Pushlok® Technology helps connect the unconnected by enhancing broadband deployment's speed, density, cost-efficiency and sustainability.

AI changes the game for data centers, and Corning is excited to lay the fiber-rich foundation required for AI data centers.

What are the key considerations for data center operators in 2024? Learn how AI, edge computing, and other trends are driving data and power needs.

What’s ahead for the broadband industry in 2024? Corning discusses 3 broadband trends to watch and how our innovations will make them happen.

Learn how the FlexNAP™ pre-connectorized solution helped Texas electric co-op The Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) scale up deployment and connect underserved areas.

Learn how Corning and our Corning Black Employee Network provides an inclusive environment and supports DE&I efforts in our communities.

Read our recap of the BICSI Fall 2023 Conference including the latest AI data center design changes, the newest MiniXtend addition, and the innovation awards.

Learn how Corning’s Mike O'Day uses the 4S model — Speed, Size, Simplicity and Sustainability — when thinking about ways to innovate.

Corning discusses four reasons that we are looking forward to Fiber Connect 2023 hosted by the Fiber Broadband Association.

Learn how Corning’s preconnectorized solutions can help deliver broadband connectivity to rural areas and bring high-speed internet to all.

Corning's long-reach technology solutions are more cost-effective and scalable over longer distances and higher bandwidths than traditional POE solutions.

As of 2023, Corning’s hardened connectivity solutions have brought fiber to over 100 million homes globally, a major milestone.

Understand the differences between NSA and standalone 5G deployments to meet strategic targets and ensure maximum ROI while delivering quality connectivity.

Data center disconnection can cost your network big. Taking proactive steps to ensure network uptime can save your network from costly disruptions. Consider these data center security factors to keep your network steady and secure.

See how Pharr, Texas, a city once named the worst-connected in America has bridged its broadband deficit with a Corning fiber-to-the-home network.

Learn four ways Corning fiber optic infrastructure helps keep federal networks safe and agile for evolving bandwidth demands for years to come.

Learn how fiber is powering the growth of hyperscale data centers, helping them meet the data demands of technologies like AI and machine learning.

Learn how water treatment plants can benefit from historic federal investment, and why fiber is the right connectivity platform for “smart water” facilities.

Bob Whitman shares how to make the most out of government broadband funding to connect all Americans to high-speed fiber broadband.

Corning furthers its commitment to expand U.S. high-speed broadband access with the opening of an optical cable manufacturing campus in Hickory, NC.

Mini, yet mighty, Corning’s introduces first flexible Ribbon Cable to meet high-bandwidth demands. Now, more than ever, hyperscale operators need high-capacity and flexible characteristics of the MiniXtend® cable with Flow Ribbon Technology to remain agile and adapt to growth in the hyperscale market.

There is an urgency to meet the rising demand for connectivity with effective solutions and a reliable supply chain and Corning and NTCA’s latest collaboration is uniquely positioned to rise to this challenge and help connect the unconnected.

Learn how an extensive fiber-to-the-edge architecture has given Resorts World Las Vegas an immersive technology experience today and for years to come.

IoT is driving an explosion of connected devices, requiring robust connectivity. Learn what businesses need to prepare for a future-ready network with FTTE.

In the coming year, you can expect data centers to grow in power, scalability, and sustainability, and Corning is gearing up with infrastructure solutions to enable these changes.

2023 will be a year of clarity and execution as we deepen our understanding of who in America remains unconnected, and work to close that digital divide.

Corning's collaboration with Nokia and Wesco unlocks opportunities for rural and regional network operators to bring connectivity even to remote areas.

Learn how data center operators can make their facilities ready for 400G and 800G now, with just a few changes, to be optimally prepared for the future.

Learn how Corning’s Evolv® solutions are connecting historically important buildings in the UK and around the world.

Corning and AT&T officially launch our fiber optic training program providing the skills necessary to deploy and maintain U.S. growing broadband networks.

Corning's is expanding optical cable manufacturing capacity with our newest facility being built in Gilbert, AZ, the industry's western-most U.S. site.

Learn how Corning helped Gateway create the infrastructure for the company’s more than 40 cabins in rural areas across the US.

Invest in a robust fiber optic infrastructure today. Corning discusses network usage projections and available government grants for underserved communities.

Learn about 3 technologies that are transforming hospitality venues and should be invested in with the return of large events like conferences and weddings.

Learn how Corning is measuring up to our ambitious sustainability goals in our 2021 Sustainability report.

Starting a community broadband initiative is complex, we offer six considerations when evaluating whether municipal broadband is right for your community.

The 10G Challenge encourages inventors to develop innovations that will be based on 10G network's increased speeds, lower latency, dependability, and security.

Corning discusses how senior housing owners and operators can implement a cost-effective, technology-ready strategy to meet their increasing network demands.

AT&T and Corning's Fiber Optic Training Program equips technicians with the skills to design, engineer, install, and manage a growing fiber broadband network.

Fiber optic cabling is at the heart of our modern connected world. Corning discusses fiber's history, its current role, and its rich future ahead.

Corning participated in a landmark project that took infrastructure sharing to new heights with tailor-made connectivity solutions for the Ugandan market.

MSOs are defining, planning and preparing for 10G and Corning is an instrumental tool in the buildout of 10G architecture.

Corning's connectivity solutions help the hospitality industry embrace the future with new, smarter technology that makes the guest experience better.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a mainstay in our lives, especially within the home. These days, if a device plugs into your wall, there’s a version that also taps into the Internet.

Learn about two emerging technology trends that are shaping the evolution of hyperscale data centers: edge computing and high-performance computing (HPC).

Corning's NCSSM partnership shows how we can work with schools to bring their technology into the future by building sustainable IT infrastructures.

Learn why specialty optical fibers are playing an increasingly important role in the telecommunications and technology fields.

Learn how fiber-to-the-edge network architecture can help avoid routine short-term network upgrades and enable a wireless worldfor infinite innovation.

Data to the edge solutions balance seamless data delivery with cost-effective implementation which is key as network power requirements and price increase. 

Corning celebrates twenty years of the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) promoting optical fiber, its significant accomplishments and its promising future. 

Kara Mullaley, Market Development Manager at Corning Optical Communications, discusses the 2021 Fiber Connect conference and explores where the fiber industry is headed and the challenges it faces as it grows. 

Corning discusses how our fiber-to-the-chip connectivity solution will reduce data center power consumption while expanding bandwidth and fiber density. 

Learn how Corning’s new EDGE Rapid Connect solution can help hyperscale data centers address both current bandwidth demand challenges and future challenges as data demand continues its enormous growth.

In this 2-part series, Corning discusses four key considerations for designing smarter networks for smart building connectivity, overcoming the challenges of traditional networking and supporting evolving technology needs at the edge.

In this series, Corning discusses four key considerations for designing smarter networks for smart building connectivity. In part 2, we discuss the importance of choosing flexible network equipment and intuitive network management.

Corning discusses how colleges and universities should leverage the widespread rollout of fiber-deep and networks like 5G and WIFI6 to create new digitally rich offerings for students.

Corning discusses how the widespread rollout of fiber-deep and data rich networks like 5G and WIFI6 can support technologies that can help hotel guests feel safer post-pandemic and lay the groundwork for other high-tech services in the future.

Providing rural communities with “smart” functionality is critical in bridging the Digital Divide. Here, we breakdown the context, challenges, and advantages of building “smart”, rural communities.

Corning discusses how senior housing owners and operators can implement a cost-effective, technology-ready strategy to meet their increasing network demands.

Corning discusses how senior housing owners and operators can implement a cost-effective, technology-ready strategy to meet their increasing network demands.

Corning discusses the increasing importance of security for edge data centers.

Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) carries great potential to help network operators stay ahead of growing demands for bandwidth. Corning’s engineers are constantly working to help network operators make the most of WDM technology, and we want to share our expertise with you.

Learn about the six key criteria that are evaluated by the SPIRE smart building assessment and rating program.

Learn how the edge computing data center is both a necessary part of a sustainable networking future, as well as a key driver in enabling future technologies.

The biggest security threat to your building’s network might be right in front of you: your company-issued, Wi-Fi-connected mobile device. Let's take a closer look at some of the risks and learn more about ways that we can better protect networks.