In a continuation of the AI panel discussion at the 2025 BICSI Winter Conference, Leviton’s Brooke Ford discusses some of the emerging fiber infrastructure solutions that address density, including very small form factor (VSFF) connectors and multicore fiber. He also outlines potential technologies that reduce power consumption, such as co-packaged optics and linear drive pluggable optics. Lastly, Brooke explains how hollow core fiber is a unique (but expensive) option for improving latency in AI networks.