--- title: SRv6: From 5G networks to AI infrastructure—a journey of... description: SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6) has evolved from simplifying 5G service provider networks to becoming critical for AI infrastructure. Originally developed to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/srv6-from-5g-networks-to-ai-infrastructure-a-journey-of-innovation-dgebr25fq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SRv6: From 5G networks to AI infrastructure—a journey of innovation | daily.dev og:description: SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6) has evolved from simplifying 5G service provider networks to becoming critical for AI infrastructure. Originally developed to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/srv6-from-5g-networks-to-ai-infrastructure-a-journey-of-innovation-dgebr25fq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dGebr25FQ.png og:image:alt: SRv6: From 5G networks to AI infrastructure—a journey of innovation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SRv6: From 5G networks to AI infrastructure—a journey of innovation **[Cisco](https://daily.dev/sources/cisco)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6) has evolved from simplifying 5G service provider networks to becoming critical for AI infrastructure. Originally developed to eliminate MPLS complexity and enable network slicing for 5G, SRv6 now addresses AI training challenges like synchronized GPU communication, elephant flows, and scale-across architectures. Its stateless operation and source-driven path control enable deterministic traffic placement for RDMA workloads, unified frontend/backend network management, and seamless multi-datacenter connectivity without per-flow state. Hyperscalers are deploying SRv6 in AI backend networks for fine-grained path control and fabric resiliency. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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