Delivering the keynote address at Capacity Media‘s Metro Connect 2025, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire entrepreneur behind Abraxane, unveiled a bold vision for the future of AI-powered healthcare infrastructure. In his keynote address, he outlined how MOX Networks, the fiber infrastructure company he founded over a decade ago, is at the core of this transformation—designed to support real-time medical AI applications with high-speed, low-latency connectivity.
Highlighting the explosive growth of medical data, Dr. Soon-Shiong noted that AI-powered diagnostics can generate up to a terabyte of data per patient. To handle these increasing demands, he has developed a “neural-augmented network”, integrating fiber, 5G, satellite, and a proprietary ultra-low-power semiconductor chip to enable gigabit-speed wireless data transfer.
Dr. Soon-Shiong also announced plans to expand his AI-driven healthcare network into the UK and globally, leveraging undersea cable partnerships with Google. He emphasized that the convergence of AI, telecom, and medicine presents a trillion-dollar opportunity, echoing industry leaders who foresee unprecedented growth in fiber infrastructure.
