Loi Nguyen : Powering Gigawatt-Class Data Centers with Advanced Optics

Loi Nguyen discusses the increasing power demands of data centers, with typical US centers consuming 32 megawatts and the largest up to 150 megawatts. He highlights the concept of gigawatt-class data centers, noting that a gigawatt is equivalent to the peak power demand of a city like San Francisco, while 10 gigawatts is on par with New York City.

A recent announcement by Meta about a $10 billion data center in Louisiana, requiring up to 4 gigawatts of power, underscores the potential for such large-scale projects. However, current limitations necessitate multi-site solutions using high-bandwidth optics like DCI optics (ZR and ZR+).

Nguyen predicts that data center clusters will continue to grow, with potential for millions of xPUs in the future.