Molex is ramping up production to meet next-generation data center interconnect networking demands.

Molex today announced it is expanding production of its commercial 400G ZR QSFP-DD pluggable coherent optical transceiver products to meet demand for advanced Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solutions.

A key member of Molex’s ever-expanding optical transceiver portfolio, the 400G ZR and 400G ZR+ products are engineered to deliver optimized data rates in a compact form factor with low power consumption.

“Molex is addressing the need for high-speed transmission within and between next-generation data centers,” said Joseph Chon, director of coherent technology and product management for Molex’s Optoelectronics business unit. “With the commercial availability and expanded production of our 400G ZR product line, we are enabling large cloud data center operators to better manage a variety of high-density, bandwidth-intensive applications.”

Built to the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) 400G ZR standard, Molex’s 400G ZR is one of the first standards-based pluggable coherent optical modules planned for mass production.

Also scheduled to be released in Q2The 400G OpenZR+ extends the reach from 120 km to approximately 600 km while consuming less power, enabling 12.8T in a 1RU switch or router chassis.

Molex has also completed validation of 400 Gb/s data transmission over DCI ZR distances over 75 GHz gapped DWDM links using Open Line System (OLS) amplification. The compact, cost-effective Molex 400G ZR QSFP-DD transceiver module, when used in conjunction with 75 GHz OLS, can increase fiber bandwidth capacity and significantly reduce the cost per bit for DCI applications.

In this regard, Molex announced that it is collaborating with Marvell to enable simpler and more reliable edge and data center network implementations. According to a Marvell press release, Marvell fully supports the OpenZR+ Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) and plans to collaborate with Molex on 400G QSFP-DD optical modules based on the Marvell® Deneb™ Coherent DSP (CDSP).