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In the Media

Solving the heat problems: How silicon photonics is redefining thermal efficiency in data centers

Read DCD Magazine's industry interview with Adam Carter CEO

Rising power densities and cooling demands are putting increasing pressure on data center efficiency and scalability.

In a recent article published in DatacenterDynamics, OpenLight’s CEO Adam Carter highlights how silicon photonics is helping address these challenges by enabling optical interconnects that reduce heat generation and power consumption while supporting higher bandwidth and compute density.

By shifting from electrical to optical data transmission, silicon photonics offers a path to lower energy per bit, reduced cooling requirements, and more sustainable data center architectures.

Read the full article here...

OpenLight – making photonics simple.

More In the Media

Read Adam Carter's article on 200G per lane integrated photonics technology in PIC Magazine.
Mar 2025

Read Adam Carter's article on 200G per lane integrated photonics technology in PIC Magazine.

Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight, has his article "200G Plus Per Lane: Powering the Next-Gen Data Deluge" published in this month's PIC magazine, Issue…

Read Adam Carter's article on 200G per lane integrated photonics technology in PIC Magazine.
Rob Guzzon of OpenLight presents the 1.6T DR8 PIC and evaluation board
Apr 2026

Rob Guzzon of OpenLight presents the 1.6T DR8 PIC and evaluation board

Featuring a Marvell® DSP, in this video from OFC 2026.

Rob Guzzon of OpenLight presents the 1.6T DR8 PIC and evaluation board
Electro Optics: OpenLight showcased 400G-per-lane III-V silicon photonics at OFC 2026
Apr 2026

Electro Optics: OpenLight showcased 400G-per-lane III-V silicon photonics at OFC 2026

The Electro Optics article, following OFC 2026, covered OpenLight’s demonstration of its heterogeneous III-V silicon photonics devices. It included…

Electro Optics: OpenLight showcased 400G-per-lane III-V silicon photonics at OFC 2026