The fastest growing market for active optical cable (AOCs) in Asia is in rapidly developing countries such as Thailand and Vietnam where large data centers are being deployed for the first time. However, China stands out as not only being the largest market for AOCs in Asia, but also because it is becoming a manufacturing powerhouse for AOCs too. In the past Chinese firms were market followers, but it now seems that they will be the first to ship 400G AOCs in volume.
