By Michael Cooney
Publication Date: 2025-12-03 02:59:00
On the hardware front, HPE is targeting the edge of the AI data center with a new MX router and delivering scalable networks with a new QFX switch. Juniper’s MX Series is its flagship routing family aimed at carriers, large-scale enterprise data centers and WAN customers, while the QFX line serves data center customers anchoring spine/leaf networks as well as top-of-rack systems.
The new MX301 1U 1.6 Tbps multi-service edge router, available now, aims to bring AI inference closer to the source of data generation and can be placed in metropolitan, mobile backhaul and enterprise routing applications, Rahim said. Includes high-density support for 16 x 1/1025/50GbE, 10 x 100Gb and 4 x 400Gb interfaces.
“The MX301 is essentially the on-ramp to providing high-speed, secure connections from users, devices and agents of the distributed inference cluster from the edge to the AI data center,” Rami said. “The requirements here are usually high…
