Pranav Hotkar
Toronto, Canada, October 10, 2025-Celestica has unveiled its latest family of high-performance data center switches, the DS6000 and DS6001, designed to meet the surging demand for AI, machine learning, and hyperscale cloud workloads. Based on Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 (TH6) chipset, these switches deliver up to 102.4Tbps of switching capacity, positioning Celestica as a key player in next-generation data center infrastructure.
The DS6000, a 3RU, 64-port switch, targets traditional air-cooled data centers, while the DS6001, a 2U, 64-port variant, offers a hybrid cooling design compatible with the 21-inch OCP ORv3 rack. Both models support open-source Network Operating System (NOS) implementations through Celestica Solutions, including SONiC and other SONiC distributions.
“We designed the DS6000 and DS6001 to provide scalable, high-bandwidth solutions for AI and hyperscale environments,” said a Celestica spokesperson. “By leveraging the Broadcom Tomahawk 6 chipset and embracing open-source NOS flexibility, operators can optimize performance, energy efficiency, and deployment speed.”
Celestica also announced plans to contribute the DS6000/DS6001 specifications to the Open Compute Project (OCP) community, listing them on the OCP Marketplace with OCP Inspired™ recognition, reinforcing the company’s commitment to collaborative, open innovation in data center technology.
As enterprises race to scale AI infrastructure, Celestica’s new switches promise to meet the growing demand for high-density, energy-efficient, and open-standard networking solutions, providing data center operators with a forward-looking path to handle the next generation of compute workloads.
