[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-oriole-networks-claims-81-drop-in-datacentre-network-power":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},388,"oriole-networks-claims-81-drop-in-datacentre-network-power","Oriole Networks claims 81% drop in data‑centre network power","The UK startup says its optical core switch cuts power use by 81% in its own tests, but the claim remains unverified by third parties.","Oriole Networks says its new optical core switch can slash data‑centre network power consumption by 81%.\n\nIn a lab demo run in May 2026, the company swapped traditional electrical switches for its nanosecond‑scale photonic modules on a 10‑rack testbed built with AMD’s Aria server boards. Oriole measured a drop from 150 kW to 28 kW for the network segment, citing a 5‑nanosecond per‑hop latency and no need for active cooling on the switches themselves.\n\nIf the numbers hold up, operators could shave hundreds of kilowatts from a typical hyperscale pod, lowering both electricity bills and heat‑related cooling costs. The claim, however, comes solely from Oriole’s internal testing; no independent lab or customer data has been published yet.\n\nEven if optimistic, the result is a reminder that optical networking is finally moving from niche interconnects toward the data‑centre core, where every watt matters.","[\"data-centres\",\"photonic-networking\",\"power-efficiency\"]","2026-06-08T11:16:26.000Z","2026-06-08T13:16:33.143Z","2026-06-08T13:19:28.705Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Foriole-networks-claims-81-drop-in-datacentre-network-power.webp",[26,27,28],"data-centres","photonic-networking","power-efficiency",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Foriole-photonic-network-amd-aria-data-centre",0]