Telescent Showing New Optical Patch Panel at OFC 2025

Telescent recently announced that it will be showcasing a live demonstration of its new G5 optical patch panel at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) 2025 conference. The patch panel has MPO-16 connectors that are capable of switching 16,128 fibers in a single rack and is made to meet the increasing demands of hyperscale data centers, AI clusters, and high-speed optical networks.

This new version of the G5 has the same number of ports as the previous model, however, it can move 16 fibers at time “significantly increasing system capacity to a market-disrupting 16,128 fibers in a single rack”. The product is best suited for hyperscale areas that need a growing amount of interconnects, parallel fiber deployments for high-speed optics, and also large-scale AI clusters with “rapidly expanding fiber connectivity needs”.

“Our latest MPO-16 connector innovation directly addresses the scalability and automation challenges faced by hyperscale operators and AI-driven networks,” said Anthony Kewitsch, CEO and Co-Founder at Telescent. “By enabling automated reconfiguration of fiber connections at scale with low-loss performance and built-in diagnostics, our solution streamlines operations, reduces downtime, and ensures optimal network efficiency.”

The G5 platform still offers low-loss optical connections with optional integrated diagnostics, making it so operators can test links before activation. This helps make sure deployment is seamless, improves reliability, and lowers operational costs for data center and network operators who are managing thousands of fiber connections.