Huawei is selected as a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Data Center Network Switches

Recently, Gartner released the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Data Center Switching. Huawei was successfully selected as a leader, and its "completeness of vision" capability is at the forefront.

Huawei was selected as a leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Data Center Network Switches

In 2025, Huawei's data center network continued to improve and upgrade, and achieved significant improvements in the following three aspects:

Galaxy AI data center network solution has been completely upgraded

With the booming development of artificial intelligence technology and the continuous upgrading of cloud architecture, data center networks are at the forefront of change. Huawei's newly upgraded Galaxy AI data center network solution is based on a three-layer network architecture of AI brain, AI connection, and AI network element. It enables zero-loss business sustainability through AI and builds the best computing power base for enterprises.

· AI brain: Relying on the exclusive network digital map and NetMaster network big model, it helps enterprises realize process automation deployment, network security integrated simulation, and 80% automatic fault closure, significantly improving operation and maintenance efficiency.


·AI connection: Huawei's original network-level load balancing (NSLB) algorithm optimizes path planning, eliminates network performance bottlenecks, and improves AI training efficiency by more than 10%. At the same time, combined with iReliable three-level reliability technology, optical module channel damage resistance and loose/dirty detection technology, it ensures zero interruption of enterprise services.

·AI network element: Based on CloudEngine series data center switches and Starlink optical modules, it achieves high-precision traffic perception and network packet loss & latency visualization; at the same time, it provides inherent security and group isolation capabilities to comprehensively improve network security performance.

CloudEngine series switch new product release


Huawei has launched the industry's highest-density 128*800GE box Ethernet switch CloudEngine XH9330 and the industry's first 128*400GE liquid-cooled box switch CloudEngine XH9230. These two switches have broken the scale limit of AI clusters with their industry-leading high-density port numbers; at the same time, they are equipped with Huawei's exclusive flash start technology to achieve abnormal restart/upgrade of equipment and continuous training.

Starlink optical module launched globally

During MWC25 Barcelona, ​​Huawei launched the Starlink optical module for data center networks to the world. It has three core capabilities: ultra-long transmission (Spanning), ultra-high reliability (Stable), and ultra-high security (Secure), creating a 3S high-quality network experience for enterprises.


·Spanning: Huawei adopts exclusive optical path coupling algorithm and deep optical design to control and optimize the power distribution of optical signals, ensuring the maximum optical power transmission and a transmission distance twice that of the industry.

·Stable: Huawei's exclusive short-distance optical return loss positioning technology can achieve minute-level positioning of dirty and loose optical links, which is much lower than the industry's 3 hours. At the same time, relying on the exclusive optical module channel damage resistance technology, it can achieve continuous training in the event of a broken link, and improve reliability by 10 times.

·Secure: Huawei's exclusive PHYSec physical layer encryption technology deploys encryption capabilities in the optical module oDSP to achieve 100% encryption of all messages and ensure zero information leakage.



Leading enterprise networks towards digitalization

In the future, Huawei will continue to deepen its technology research and product innovation in the field of data center networks. By further enriching the CloudEngine data center switch product portfolio and technological innovation, it will lead the trend of network technology and lay a solid network infrastructure for the digital transformation of enterprises.