Egagasi lentuthuko esheshayo yedijithali nobuhlakani bokwenziwa, ukubaluleka kwezikhungo zedatha sekugqame kakhulu, futhi isidingo sazo sezintambo zefiber optical nakho sekugxilwe ekunakeni kwemboni. Isibikezelo se-CRU esisanda kukhishwa sesidingo sezintambo zefiber optical ezikhungweni zedatha manje sesiku-inthanethi. Ulwazi olubalulekile olutholwe emibikweni ekhishwe esidlangalaleni lumi kanje:
Ngokombono wezibikezelo zokukhula kwemakethe, imakethe yesikhungo sedatha yomhlaba wonke ikhombisa ukuthuthuka okusheshayo, iNyakatho Melika, iYurophu kanye neChina iba izinjini eziphambili zokukhula. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi ngo-2025, isidingo sezintambo ze-optical kuzicelo zesikhungo sedatha sizobalelwa cishe i-5% yesidingo esiphelele somhlaba wonke sezintambo ezibonakalayo, futhi ngaphezu kwe-14% eNyakatho Melika; ekupheleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka, isabelo somhlaba wonke sizodlula i-11%. Phakathi kwazo, ukukhula kokusetshenziswa kwezintambo ze-fiber optical mode-mode eyodwa kanye ne-multi-mode kumafu kanye nezikhungo zedatha ye-AI kubaluleke kakhulu, okubonisa ithemba elibanzi emkhakheni wokuxhumana optical ezikhungweni zedatha.

Ngemuva kokukhula kwesidingo, i-AI ekhiqizayo kanye nokukhula kokutshalwa kwezimali ekwakhiweni kwesikhungo sedatha yizici ezimbili ezibalulekile. Kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2024, ukusetshenziswa kwemali ekwakhiweni kwesikhungo sedatha sase-US kukhuphuke cishe ngama-210%. Ukuthutheleka kwesamba esikhulu sezimali kugqugquzele ukwakhiwa kwezikhungo zedatha njengamakhowe ngemva kwemvula. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuthuthukiswa okusheshayo kwe-AI kuye kwabeka phambili izidingo eziphakeme zokudluliswa kwedatha yesivinini esikhulu kanye ne-low-latency data. Njengomthwali oyinhloko wokudluliswa kwedatha, isidingo se-optical fibre nekhebula lokukhanya sesilethe ukukhula okukhulu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuxhumana phakathi kwamaseva ngaphakathi kwesikhungo sedatha noma ukuxhumana phakathi kwezikhungo zedatha, akunakuhlukaniswa nakho.
Ukuze ubikezele ngokunembile isidingo, i-CRU ibambisane ne-LightCounting futhi yamukela indlela yokubikezela enembe kakhudlwana. Ngokusekelwe kudatha yokuthunyelwa kwama-transceivers optical, bacabangele ngokugcwele izici ezifana nebanga lokudlulisela kanye nenani lemicu ye-optical, babala ngokunembile isidingo sezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-optical cable core kilometers, futhi bazihlanganisa nge-AI, okungeyona i-AI kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zokuxhumanisa isikhungo sedatha, okuhlinzeka ngereferensi ebalulekile embonini.

Mayelana nezitayela zobuchwepheshe, i-fiber yemodi eyodwa isibe yinketho eyinhloko yokuxhumana ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwesikhungo sedatha ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo okuhle kakhulu. Ngokuhambisana nobuchwepheshe be-DWDM, iye yanda kakhulu umkhawulokudonsa. Izikhungo zedatha nazo zihlala zithuthela ku-400G, 800G kanye nezixazululo ze-1.6T ukuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulayo sokudluliswa kwedatha. Njengesizukulwane esisha sefayibha ye-multimode, i-OM5 fiber isekela amaza amaza amaningi kufayibha eyodwa, ivumela amanani edatha aphezulu futhi yandise ukuba nokwenzeka kwefayibha ye-multimode ekuxhumekeni kwebanga elifushane, okunesivinini esikhulu esizayo. Le ntuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ivula indlela yezixazululo zekhebula le-fiber optic ezisebenza kahle kakhudlwana, ezingaka futhi ezingabizi kakhulu ezikhungweni zedatha, okuzenza zikwazi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezikhulayo zomnotho wedijithali. Okunye ukuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe, njengokuthuthuka kwe-silicon photonics, nakho kuyaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa izixazululo zekhebula elikhanyayo.
Ukuhlaziya izigaba zokufunwa, singabona ngokunembile umthelela we-AI. Isidingo samakhebuli okukhanya wezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-AI sizokhula ngo-138% unyaka nonyaka ngo-2024, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi sikhule ngo-77% ngo-2025. Izinga lokukhula lonyaka elihlanganisiwe leminyaka emihlanu lizoba ngama-26% ngo-2029, lidlula kude izicelo ezingezona ze-AI. I-AI isiphenduke intimela eqhuba ukukhula kwesidingo sezintambo zefiber optical ezikhungweni zedatha.

Imboni kulindeleke ukuthi iqhubeke nokukhula njengoba izikhungo zedatha zithuthuka ukuze zihlangabezane nezidingo zomnotho wedijithali okhulayo. Inhlanganisela yobuchwepheshe be-DWDM kanye nefayibha yesizukulwane esilandelayo izodlala indima ebalulekile ekusekeleni ukukhula okunamandla kwethrafikhi yedatha kuyilapho inika amandla izixazululo zokuxhuma ezingabizi kakhulu futhi ezonga amandla.
