The AI boom has sparked a fiber frenzy, and suppliers like Corning are racing to keep up

Corning is investing $585 million in expanding manufacturing in North Carolina. Travis Dove for The Washington Post via Getty Images AI's growth demands denser optical networks, increasing the need for more fiber across data centers. Hyperscalers like Meta are securing fiber supply through long-term deals with manufacturers. Innovations like Relativity Networks' hollow-core fiber can increase data transmission speeds. Data centers have long relied on fiber to transmit signals. But the compute

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