The new brand is intended to create a sharper market-facing identity for HFCL’s established optical connectivity capabilities, which are already being offered to customers.
HFCL Limited (HFCL), a technology enterprise providing telecom and network infrastructure, announced a new brand identity, OptiQ AI, for its integrated optical connectivity portfolio, comprising optical fibre cables and accessories designed for AI, cloud and hyperscale data centres. The new brand brings together HFCL’s established data centre optical fibre cable and accessories offerings, including fibre cable assemblies, patch cords, trunks, cassettes and enclosure panels.The new brand is intended to create a sharper market-facing identity for HFCL’s established optical connectivity capabilities, which are already being offered to customers. It will bring together HFCL’s proven product portfolio under a cohesive framework aligned with the evolving requirements of modern data centres, where optical connectivity has become a critical enabler of performance, scalability and operational efficiency.“For hyperscalers, this means faster deployment cycles, reduced interoperability risks, and future-ready infrastructure supporting seamless migration to 800G and 1.6T networks,” Mahendra Nahata, Managing Director, HFCL, said.He said that the company would invest ₹950 crore over the next two years to expand its manufacturing capacity.“We are planning to increase the capacity from 30 million to 40 million fiber kilometres per year. Similarly, we would increase cable capacity from 39 million to 45 million fibre kilometres.”“The newly launched Optic AI is designed to provide complete, passive data centre solutions. While the company is already supplying fibre-optic cables in large quantities to interconnect data centres, the new product line expands functionality within the facilities,” he said.“The data centre sector is experiencing a worldwide boom. While the United States currently stands as the dominant market, India is catching up significantly and is projected to double its data centre capacity over the next three years,” he said.Published on July 8, 2026
