{
 "title": "AI Networking Index 2026: 800G Goes Mainstream",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/ai-networking-adoption-index-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-08-12",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "InfiniBand share of data-centre switch market in 2023",
   "value": "~80%",
   "source": "IEEE ComSoc Technology Blog"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Ethernet share of AI back-end switch ports in early 2026",
   "value": "majority; likely well above 50% and trending toward 70–80%",
   "source": "IEEE ComSoc Technology Blog"
  },
  {
   "metric": "AI-back-end switch-port expectation for 800Gbps in 2025",
   "value": "majority of switch ports",
   "source": "Cisco Live"
  },
  {
   "metric": "AI-back-end switch-port expectation for 1600Gbps in 2027",
   "value": "majority of switch ports",
   "source": "Cisco Live"
  },
  {
   "metric": "800Gbps-port switch market value in Q1 2026",
   "value": "$3.58 billion",
   "source": "The Next Platform"
  },
  {
   "metric": "800Gbps-port switch revenue growth in Q1 2026",
   "value": "10.3x year over year",
   "source": "The Next Platform"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Share of datacentre Ethernet sales from 800Gbps-port switches in Q1 2026",
   "value": "35.8%",
   "source": "The Next Platform"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Share of datacentre Ethernet sales from native 200Gbps/400Gbps-port switches in Q1 2026",
   "value": "34.1%",
   "source": "The Next Platform"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Average cost per Gb/s for a native 800Gbps switch port in Q1 2026",
   "value": "$0.61 per Gb/s",
   "source": "The Next Platform"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Average cost per Gb/s for blended 200Gbps and 400Gbps ports in Q1 2026",
   "value": "$0.53 per Gb/s",
   "source": "The Next Platform"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Ethernet AI-bandwidth share in Ethernet Alliance panel material",
   "value": "64%",
   "source": "Ethernet Alliance"
  },
  {
   "metric": "InfiniBand AI-bandwidth share in Ethernet Alliance panel material",
   "value": "29%",
   "source": "Ethernet Alliance"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Estimated ports shipping in the tracked high-speed networking segment between 2024 and 2026",
   "value": ">65 million ports",
   "source": "Spirent"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Estimated ports shipping in the tracked high-speed networking segment between 2025 and 2026",
   "value": ">8.5 million ports",
   "source": "Spirent"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Projected global shipments of 800G-and-above optical transceivers in 2025",
   "value": "24 million units",
   "source": "LinkedIn"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Projected global shipments of 800G-and-above optical transceivers in 2026",
   "value": "nearly 63 million units",
   "source": "LinkedIn"
  }
 ]
}