Optical Scale-up Consortium Established to Create an Open Specification for AI Infrastructure Led by Founding Members AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI

2026-03-12 - 13:13

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) group today announced its formation, led by founding members AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI. This industry consortium marks a pivotal shift toward a hyperscaler-driven open ecosystem to enable the development of a multi-vendor supply chain for optical scale-up interconnects. By aligning on an open specification, the OCI MSA members are promoting a robust optical ecosystem which will ensure that the future of AI interconnects is built with a flexible, multi-vendor foundation to meet the optical interconnect needs of modern AI infrastructure. Read More