2026 Data Center Best Practices eBook Now Available

For the first time since joining the Amphenol family, CommScope’s Data Center business has published our annual Data Center Best Practices eBook, a collection of bespoke insights presented by the Data Center group’s most-respected experts.

Available for free on the CommScope® website, the 2026 eBook examines the trends, technologies and practices that are—or should be—at the top of every data center operator’s priority list. The big story of course is the incredible growth of AI applications, but the impact of this trend extends far beyond the hyperscale AI factories sprouting all over the world. Enterprise, multitenant and central office data centers are also feeling the effects of AI, not only as a product, but as a management utility. 

Each chapter is a standalone examination of the big questions, including:

• How can data centers shave days or weeks off deployment schedules, just by their choice of cabling infrastructure—and how does shuffle architecture figure in?
• How can data center interconnect (DCI) architecture help data centers to scale across and deal with the problem of electricity scarcity?
• Can changes to the physical layer of your data center help you manage cooling more effectively and efficiently?
• In the battle of network protocols, what are the advantages and limitations of Ethernet and Infiniband in growing data centers?
• What kind of cabling strategies will help boost fiber density without letting complexity get out of hand?
• As bandwidth keeps rising, how close are we really getting to the physical limitations of fiber-optic cabling?

The eBook’s six chapters are authored by four of CommScope’s most prominent thought leaders:

• Earl Parsons, Director of Data Center Architecture Evolution
• Alastair Waite, Senior Manager Market Development, Data Center
• Ken Hall, Data Center Architect, NAR
• Hans-Jürgen Niethammer, Market Development, Strategic Cloud Business EMEA/APAC

The Data Center business is excited to bring this collection of insights to our fast-evolving industry. The 2026 Data Center Best Practices eBook is now available for download here.

Catch us at the NVIDIA GTC AI Conference and Expo

CommScope will be bringing our latest innovations and expertise to the NVIDIA GTC AI Conference and Expo in San Jose, CA this week, including two of our eBook authors. Stop by booth 165 to see all we’re bringing to the table in 2026—and beyond.

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