Huawei Proposes Next Generation OTN for AI Data Center Networks

Oct 15, 2026
Huawei presented a Next Generation OTN system for networks centered on AI data centers. It supports data center interconnection and access with capacity from 800G to 2T, flexible bandwidth and quantum encryption.

Huawei proposed in an announcement a Next Generation optical transport network system for networks centered on AI data centers. The company presented the system at NetworkX 2026 in Vienna.

For data center interconnection, the system provides capacity from 800G to 2T and an OTN capacity pool that can reserve capacity across multiple directions. Huawei said this design reduces the resources needed for advance capacity deployment.

For data center access, the system includes end to end optical cross connects, millisecond level wavelength switched optical networking, and fgOTN bandwidth from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps. It also includes quantum key distribution for encryption, plus hardware and software changes intended to prevent service outages.

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