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Celestica Introduces New Family of 1.6TbE Data Center Switches to Power AI/ML Clusters
TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celestica Inc . (TSX: CLS) (NYSE: CLS), a lead...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Celestica Introduces New Family of 1.6TbE Data Center Switches to Power AI/ML Clusters\n\n\n\n TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --\n \n\n Celestica Inc\n \n\n . (TSX: CLS) (NYSE: CLS), a leader in design, manufacturing, supply chain and platform solutions for the world’s most innovative companies, today introduced two new 1.6TbE data center switches, the DS6000 and DS6001. These advanced switches are engineered to support high-bandwidth, AI/ML data center applications. Celestica plans to contribute the DS6000/DS6001 spec to the OCP Community and list them on the OCP Marketplace with the OCP Inspired™ recognition.\n \n\n The\n \n\n DS6000\n \n\n is a 3RU, 64-port x 1.6TbE data center switch for traditional air-cooled data center installations. The\n \n\n DS6001\n \n\n is a 2OU, 64-port x 1.6TbE switch offering a hybrid cooled solution based on the 21-inch OCP ORv3 rack.  Both switches are based on the new Broadcom Tomahawk 6 (TH6) switch chipset, providing up to 102.4Tbps of switching capacity. The DS6000 and DS6001 are the latest additions to the Celestica portfolio of high-performance data center switches and represent a doubling of switch capacity compared to Celestica’s existing, market-leading 800G solutions. They also offer a comprehensive set of AI routing features and interconnect options, designed to meet the demands of AI clusters.\n \n\n \"The introduction of our new 1.6T switches marks a significant milestone for Celestica and our customers. The DS6000 and DS6001 represent a new era in high-performance networking, doubling the switching capacity of our current offerings and designed specifically to meet the demands of AI/ML cluster applications,” says Gavin Cato, SVP & GM Portfolio Solutions & AI Platform Engineering, Celestica. “We're proud to showcase these innovations at OCP Global Summit, demonstrating our commitment to leading the open networking ecosystem.\"\n \n\n The DS6000 offers several key advantages for data center customers seeking the highest performance:\n \n\n\n 102.4Tbps capacity with 224G SerDes lanes and support for LPO / LRO optics\n \n\n Performance through 64 x 1.6TbE OSFP ports\n \n\n Flexibility with 50/100/200/400/800GbE capable port speeds\n \n\n Reliability with redundant, field-replaceable fans and hot swappable power supplies\n \n\n Op...