Feb 26, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
In its first new solution since acquiring Nubis Communications last year, Ciena continues to tackle data center AI demands with the launch of a flexible, high-density pluggable optical engine, Vesta 200 6.4T CPX. The new solution is claimed to reduce power consumption by up to 70 percent, while encouraging co-packaged optics (CPO) adoption.
Dino DiPerna, senior vice president of global research & development at Ciena, commented: “We’re delivering the industry’s first truly flexible, open pluggable optical engine, removing barriers to CPO adoption and giving our customers exactly what they’ve been asking for: greater density, power efficiency, and reliability – all in an open, multi‑vendor ecosystem. We continue to innovate in response to evolving customer needs, allowing operators to scale AI clusters more efficiently, using less energy and space, while lowering overall infrastructure costs.”
The networking company’s latest launch follows its $270 million all-cash acquisition of optical technology developer Nubis Communications. Ciena said the deal strengthens its existing high-speed interconnect portfolio and supports its strategy to capitalize on growing AI-driven data center demand.
“I think we have been very thoughtful deployers of capital on an organic basis, but why we do M&A [is] to bolster our position in the core business, to accelerate our position in an adjacent business, fill in gaps from a technology or go-to-market standpoint, drive cost and revenue synergies, or ideally, some combination of all of the above,” Rothenstein said. “That was behind the Nubis acquisition, behind a lot of the ones we've done in the past.”