If you run a neocloud, you’re competing with hyperscalers on price, availability and speed to capacity. Your GPUs are a big part of that pitch. But your customers judge you on something else too: how fast their training jobs finish, how quickly inference responds, and how easily your platform connects to the clouds they already use. All of that comes down to the network.
For neocloud teams
Your GPUs are ready. Is your network?
See how FSC helps neoclouds scale with high-capacity transport, data center interconnect, cloud on-ramps and carrier contracts that protect your margins.
From 100G to 1.6 Tb/s: Why Network Capacity Is Climbing So Fast
Not long ago, 100G was considered high capacity. AI changed that. Training runs move massive datasets between sites, checkpoints sync across regions, and inference traffic has to reach customers with low, predictable latency. Each new generation of GPU clusters pushes more data through the network than the last.
Carriers have responded. 400G is now a baseline for data center interconnect, 800G services are arriving on major routes, and the industry’s newest optical systems run at 1.6 Tb/s per wavelength. Those systems let carriers carry multiple 400G and 800G services on a single line, which means more capacity on the routes neoclouds depend on, without waiting for new fiber in the ground.
For a neocloud planning 2027 buildouts, the question isn’t whether you’ll need that capacity. It’s whether the carriers on your routes are ready for it.
The Network Problems Neoclouds Run Into
Most neocloud teams we talk to hit the same walls as they scale:
- Idle GPUs. When interconnect between sites can’t keep up, expensive compute sits waiting on data.
- Hybrid customers. Many of your customers keep data and workloads in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. If moving data to your platform is slow or costly, they stay put.
- New markets, new carriers. Every expansion means starting over with unfamiliar providers, facilities and pricing.
- Thin margins. You can’t undercut hyperscalers on GPU pricing if your connectivity costs climb with every site you add.
What FSC Sources for Neocloud Providers
Fiber Solution Consulting is carrier-neutral and works across more than 700 carrier and infrastructure providers. Here’s how we match the right services to each problem:
| Neocloud need | What FSC sources | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Keep GPU clusters across sites working as one system | Wavelengths, dark fiber and diverse data center interconnect | 100G to 800G, on 1.6 Tb/s-ready routes where available |
| Move training data and model updates privately between sites | Private Ethernet (EVPL) and point-to-point transport | Up to 400G and beyond |
| Let hybrid customers bring data in from their cloud | Private on-ramps to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle and more | Varies by cloud |
| Serve inference and APIs to customers worldwide | Tier 1 IP Transit and Dedicated Internet Access | 10G, 100G, 400G |
| Protect public-facing endpoints | DDoS mitigation and network security | Network-wide |
| Expand into new markets quickly | Colocation, power and cabinet space | Sized to your density |
Because we aren’t tied to any single carrier, we can compare every provider that serves your routes, including those already deploying 1.6 Tb/s line systems, and build the mix of capacity, diversity and price that fits your roadmap.
How FSC Works With Neocloud Teams
When you bring us a requirement, we:
- Map your clusters, bandwidth targets, cloud regions and expansion markets.
- Identify which carriers serve those routes and which are ready for 800G and 1.6 Tb/s.
- Benchmark pricing and terms across providers.
- Negotiate contracts that protect your margins as you scale.
- Track vendors’ upcoming data center builds so you can plan new markets ahead of demand.
- Coordinate ordering, installation and meet-me-room planning.
- Stay on as your point of contact after circuits go live.
Your engineers stay focused on compute and customers. We handle the carrier side.
Building Out for 2027?
If you’re lining up capacity for new GPU clusters or entering new markets next year, now is the time to get routes and pricing in front of you. Send us your sites and bandwidth targets, and we’ll come back with options from across the market.
Want the full picture first? See how FSC helps neoclouds scale the network behind their GPUs.
