3M joins industry consortium to set open standards for expanded beam optical connectors

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  • 3M joined a new multi-source agreement consortium to develop open, interoperable specifications for expanded beam optical connectivity used in AI data centers.
  • Group aims to standardize multiple connector configurations to speed deployment of high-performance optical interconnects as AI infrastructure scales.
  • Initial technical working group has started drafting first connector specification, with participation from major networking and cloud vendors.


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