[]Data centers supporting the AI/ML revolution require a massive increase in interconnect bandwidth and energy efficiency. Next-generation architectures are adopting large scaled-out network designs, driving a fundamental change in optical connectivity. Silicon photonics, leveraging CMOS manufacturing, provides a scalable foundation, and co-packaged optics is emerging as a promising solution to meet demanding data rate and power consumption targets. This presentation will explore the trends in silicon photonics based optics, highlighting their potential to address the challenges of AI/ML data center networking, including device integration, reliability, and ecosystem development. Speaker(s): Vipul Patel, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483371