Most facilities built in the last decade were wired for 1 Gigabit Ethernet. At the time, it was plenty. Today, it’s a bottleneck.
The devices you are specifying right now—Wi-Fi 7, Autonomous Robots (AMRs), and Edge AI—are bandwidth-hungry in ways 1Gb infrastructure simply cannot handle. If you are still installing 1Gb cable, you aren’t just building a network; you’re building a ceiling.
The Real Cost of “Later”
Facility directors often ask why they need 10Gb today. The truth? You might not—yet. But infrastructure decisions made now will last 15 years. Retrofitting an occupied building is 3–5x more expensive than doing it right during construction. Specifying 10Gb today isn’t a tech bet; it’s a capital efficiency decision.
AGILE-CORE®: 10Gb Without the Complexity
Delivering 10Gb to the edge doesn’t have to mean massive bundles of Cat6A. AGILE-CORE® uses a distributed architecture to simplify your build:
- One Pull: StrandWise™ hybrid cable delivers 10Gb data and Fault Managed Power (FMP) in a single run.
- Distributed Intelligence: Edge nodes move power and data closer to the devices, reducing total cabling by 40–60%.
- Future-Proof: Support Wi-Fi 7, 8K surveillance, and AI compute nodes without ever re-cabling.
Stop building obsolescence into your facility.
Get the Full Technical Breakdown
Ready to see the CAPEX vs. OPEX math and a real life warehouse project? Download the White Paper: The Case for 10Gb Distributed Edge Architecture.
