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Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers

$22M. Relativity Networks is betting hollow-core fiber—30% faster than conventional—becomes the nervous system of AI data centers.

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Why it matters

As AI workloads demand lower-latency interconnects between accelerators and nodes, faster networking hardware becomes part of the compute buildout story. Hollow-core fiber could reshape data-center architecture economics.

The key facts

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  1. $22M funding round for Relativity Networks

  2. Hollow-core fiber technology enables 30% faster data transmission vs. conventional fiber

  3. Target: data-center interconnect infrastructure

  4. Rarely deployed technology entering AI infrastructure market

  5. Relativity Networks raised $22M

  6. Hollow-core fiber enables 30% faster data transmission vs. conventional fiber

  7. Target: data-center deployments

  8. Technology rarely deployed at scale to date

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Publisher excerpt: Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
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