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19 Aug 2026, 6:00 PM	TechCrunch	4.5	Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers Relativity Networks raised $22M in SAFE note funding plus a $40M follow-on order from an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy hollow-core fiber in data centers. Hollow-core fiber transmits light through a vacuum chamber instead of glass, cutting per-kilometer latency from ~5 microseconds to ~3.5 microseconds—a 30% speedup that matters as AI compute spreads across multi-campus deployments spanning hundreds of acres. Why: For builders running distributed AI training or inference across multiple data center campuses, hollow-core fiber could become a meaningful latency-reduction lever as GPU clusters physically separate. No action needed now—it's early-stage hardware—but worth tracking if you architect multi-region AI infrastructure or evaluate colocation partners, since hyperscalers are already placing orders. infrastructure data-center fiber-optics ai-compute

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19 Aug 2026, 6:00 PM

TechCrunch

4.5

Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers

Relativity Networks raised $22M in SAFE note funding plus a $40M follow-on order from an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy hollow-core fiber in data centers. Hollow-core fiber transmits light through a vacuum chamber instead of glass, cutting per-kilometer latency from ~5 microseconds to ~3.5 microseconds—a 30% speedup that matters as AI compute spreads across multi-campus deployments spanning hundreds of acres.

Why: For builders running distributed AI training or inference across multiple data center campuses, hollow-core fiber could become a meaningful latency-reduction lever as GPU clusters physically separate. No action needed now—it's early-stage hardware—but worth tracking if you architect multi-region AI infrastructure or evaluate colocation partners, since hyperscalers are already placing orders.