Google OCS Apollo: The >$3 Billion Game-Changer in Datacenter Networking

Networking is a critical part of any datacenter, especially with the rise of networking-intensive large language models. As such, it was a clear target for Google’s infrastructure optimization efforts. Over the last year at conferences such as OFC and SIGCOMM, Google disclosed their custom networking stack, Jupiter, from in-house switches all the way through to custom reconfigurable software. This