Innovative Solutions for Data Centers

On April 16, we held a private meeting of the Acropolis Infrastructure Club dedicated to Juniper Networks solutions for modern data centers. Juniper experts presented the Cloud-Ready Data Center (CRDC) concept — an architecture that enables building a scalable, secure, and cloud-ready infrastructure.

Juniper Networks is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Switching, ranked #1 in Enterprise Data Center Network Buildout. The presentation covered four foundational CRDC components: a scalable IP fabric supporting 100/400/800G, SDN overlay based on EVPN-VXLAN, operations automation through Juniper Apstra, and end-to-end security with micro-segmentation.

A dedicated section focused on networking infrastructure for AI/ML — GPU cluster architecture with rail-optimized design, frontend/backend/storage fabric requirements, and the advantages of Ethernet over InfiniBand: no vendor lock-in, operational consistency, and lower cost. Juniper provides networking infrastructure for the world’s largest AI clusters, including one with 100,000 H100 GPUs.

The session also covered Juniper Apstra capabilities for intent-based management of multi-vendor fabrics and Marvis VNA for AI-driven operational analytics. Attendees discussed DCI architecture options, the QFX/PTX/ACX/SRX hardware portfolio, and approaches to integrated data center security.