Huawei has unveiled Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0, a significant upgrade to its data center networking platform originally introduced in 2018. The announcement was made at HUAWEI CONNECT 2025’s first Data Center Innovation Summit, where more than 600 global industry leaders, academics, and technology experts convened to discuss the future of sustainable, AI-driven infrastructure.
Huawei positions this update as a foundation for creating “always-on” data center networks designed to fully unlock computing power while supporting the demands of digital transformation in the AI era.
During his keynote, Arthur Wang, President of Huawei Data Center Network Domain, emphasized that rapid advances in artificial intelligence and the continued evolution of cloud architectures are pushing data center networks to a critical turning point. Huawei’s Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0 is built around a three-layer architecture that includes AI Brain, AI Connectivity, and AI Network Elements, integrating a range of new technologies such as the NetMaster network agent, the StarryWing Digital Map automation framework, training and inference scheduling engines, and the company’s Rock Solid Architecture.
Rock Solid Architecture
The AI Brain layer brings automation capabilities with drag-and-drop service orchestration, automated deployment, and integrated operations and maintenance across heterogeneous networks and multiple security domains. Huawei says this can significantly improve operational efficiency for enterprises managing complex, distributed environments.
The AI Connectivity layer incorporates network-scale load balancing algorithms to raise network throughput to as high as 95 percent and boost training and inference efficiency by more than 10 percent. Reliability is further enhanced through iReliable three-level technology built on the Rock Solid Architecture, which the company claims delivers up to ten times higher reliability than traditional approaches.
At the hardware level, the AI Network Elements layer introduces CloudEngine general-purpose computing switches, XH series intelligent computing switches, and StarryLink optical modules. These components are engineered for precise traffic awareness, real-time visualization of packet loss and latency, and improved intrinsic security. Huawei highlights group-based isolation features as another mechanism to bolster data center resilience against emerging threats.
With Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0, Huawei is seeking to align data center network innovation with the accelerating demands of AI workloads. By combining automation, higher throughput, advanced scheduling, and integrated security, the company is targeting enterprise and hyperscale operators aiming to sustain performance at scale. The release reflects broader industry momentum toward re-architecting infrastructure for AI-driven applications while balancing reliability, efficiency, and security.
