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Ciena Corporation
Information Technology · Communications Equipment
The DCI photonic layer for AI scaleout:
- AI training distributes across multiple datacenter campuses - every training run that exceeds single-campus power capacity needs DCI bandwidth at coherent-optics scale (400G → 800G → 1.6T per wavelength).
- WaveLogic 6 (1.6T) shipping; WaveLogic 7 on roadmap. Each generation roughly doubles bandwidth per wavelength → more bits per fiber strand → lower cost per bit of DCI traffic.
- Hyperscaler revenue mix climbing as cloud + AI capex re-prioritizes DCI; service-provider mix is stable. The shift is toward shorter-cycle hyperscaler deals with higher growth slopes.
Bear:
- Customer concentration on hyperscalers (similar shape to optical-component peers). A hyperscaler capex pause compresses the read.
- Competitive set is real - $NOK, $ERIC at the carrier layer; $ANET + $JNPR at the campus edge; private + Chinese players overseas. Pricing power varies by segment.
- Multiple has re-rated with the rally. The DCI thesis has to keep printing - WaveLogic generation cadence + hyperscaler bookings are the watch.
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