What Arista makes for data centers
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Arista is a publicly listed company. It appears on 1 part of the AI data center — Switch systems & white-box ODMs — in the role of manufacturer. That part sits in Layer 3 — Networking & interconnect. Its shares trade on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) as ANET.
Parts, by layer
Layer 3 — Networking & interconnect
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switch systems & white-box ODMs | manufacturer | inferred | Quanta Computer, Accton (Edgecore), Alpha Networks, Celestica, Cisco, Dell |
Where Arista sits in the stack
Arista's placements in this catalog cover 1 part, all in layer 3, networking & interconnect. None of them currently carries a sourced supply constraint tag. Across these parts it overlaps with other companies most often on the lines below.
What these parts are
- Switch systems & white-box ODMs — The physical switches — built by branded vendors and white-box ODMs — that house scale-out switch ASICs and connect racks into a cluster fabric.
Closest peers in this catalog
Seen in real machines
Arista is named in 1 of the rack teardowns and supercomputer breakdowns on this site. Each line below is a piece of that machine.
- Perlmutter · supercomputer
- External network gateway (two Arista 7804 routers bridging the Slingshot fabric to NERSC's Ethernet networks and archive) (7804 routers, 400 Gb/s per port, in Perlmutter's service group)
Disclosed customers
Questions about Arista
- What does Arista make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Arista on 1 part: Switch systems & white-box ODMs (manufacturer).
- Is Arista publicly traded?
- Yes — Arista is listed on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) under ANET. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Who else makes switch systems & white-box ODMs for AI data centers?
- Quanta Computer, Accton (Edgecore), Alpha Networks, Celestica, Cisco and Dell are also placed on Switch systems & white-box ODMs in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Arista the mix is 1 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a lead from the taxonomy with no citation yet. Treat reported and inferred as leads, not facts.
Answers are generated from this catalog's own rows — see sources & method.