Arrcus teamed with 5G networking provider UfiSpace on work with AI-optimized networking platforms to power large-scale service providers, data centers, edge, and cloud environments.

The collaboration was spurred by operators shifting to platforms that combine large throughput, operational efficiency, and built-in security in response to distributed AI workloads expanding into edge environments.

The partnership, announced at Mobile World Congress, is said to combine high-capacity routing and switching hardware with a unified software foundation to support the next phase of AI-driven networking.

The solution integrates Arrcus' ArcOS with UfiSpace’s next-generation routing and switching platforms to help service providers and cloud operators introduce higher-capacity systems and scale AI workloads across environments.

Instead of positioning AI networking as a greenfield deployment, Arrcus and UfiSpace are focused on production networks already supporting millions of subscribers and services. ArcOS offers a unified software foundation across UfiSpace platforms, enabling operators to introduce higher-capacity routing and switching systems while maintaining operational discipline.

“AI workloads are driving unprecedented demands on network capacity, security, and efficiency across both service provider and data center environments,” UfiSpace CEO Vincent Ho explained in a statement. “Our next-generation routing and switching platforms, combined with Arrcus ArcOS, give operators a scalable, energy-efficient foundation to support distributed AI traffic, secure transport, and new high-value services while maintaining carrier-grade reliability.”

The Arrcus–UfiSpace collaboration supports high-growth deployments, including AI cluster interconnect and data center interconnect with multiterabit platforms that aggregate dense 400 Gb/s (400G) and 800G links to connect AI clusters and distributed data centers.

Other features include AI infrastructure scale-up and scale-out networks with high density and ultra-low latency Ethernet switching silicon, along with secure transport for AI and enterprise traffic.

Arrcus' recent India expansion

Arrcus last year announced its expansion into India to tap the country's booming data center market in a bid to service operators and compete with Cisco and Arista.

The firm set its sights on providing networking technologies for India’s burgeoning data center space, including several major developments among OpenAI's Stargate project; a $6 billion facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, planned by Google; and the Adani Group's proposed $10 billion investment in gigawatt data centers.

To support its expansion, Arrcus also hired Vikram Anand as a new managing director for sales and business development in the country. Anand previously worked at Nokia-owned optical firm Infinera, where he served as VP of sales, and had previous stints at Cisco, VMware, and Ciena.

In December, Arrcus also joined Broadcom’s VMware in powering SoftBank’s SRv6 MUP success, helping deliver greater flexibility in how network traffic is transported into cloud environments.

SoftBank started work with Arrcus to demonstrate automated network slicing over 5G mobile networks and mobile edge compute (MEC) applications, and interoperability with existing 5G network standards without the need for additional equipment. VMware was next brought into this work, which then more tightly integrated Broadcom into the program.

UfiSpace partnered with IP Infusion last year on applying its hardware with support from systems integrator Pine Networks to enhance scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency in VA Telecom’s network.