On Thursday, Nokia and Nscale revealed their collaboration to hasten the deployment of AI infrastructure. Nokia will be the go-to partner for cutting-edge networking solutions for Nscale AI-ready data centre installations worldwide.
Nokia has joined other investors in Nscale’s Series B investment round. The round aims to further the development of globally competitive, scalable, and secure AI infrastructure in response to the growing demand for data centres that are ready for AI.
Through this collaboration, Nokia is now a preferred partner of Nscale for networking technologies from its Network Infrastructure portfolio, enabling the large-scale deployment of AI clusters.
Nokia’s offerings
Nokia provides a wide range of products, including data centre switching, IP routing, and optical networking, to provide high-performance, secure connectivity between end users and applications and within and between data centres. As a result, customers can scale cloud capacity more effectively and economically, and data centre operations become quicker and more energy-efficient.
“Demand for the build-out of secure, scalable AI infrastructure in Europe and worldwide continues to accelerate. Our partnership with Nscale combines Nokia’s expertise in IP and optical networking with Nscale’s leading infrastructure platform and enables the innovation needed for the future of AI infrastructure,” said Justin Hotard, President and CEO of Nokia
Nscale’s offerings
The UK-based AI-native infrastructure platform Nscale offers vertically integrated compute, networking, storage, managed software, and AI services in data centres owned and co-located by Nscale.
Josh Payne, CEO of Nscale, stated, “We are focused on building the next generation of AI infrastructure, and strong partnerships are central to that effort. Nokia brings proven expertise in networking technologies, and we are pleased to have them as a partner as we expand across Europe and globally to help customers unlock the full potential of AI.”
Through the partnership agreement, Nokia and Nscale will also collaborate globally on joint deployment projects and drive innovation in the networking stack used in AI clusters.