Data Centre Magazine August 2025 | Page 103

validate changes before they go to production. We wrap workflow and event handling around that to provide day two visibility and operations. And then we use an AI front-end to handle natural language so that users can talk to their infrastructure so to speak.”
With these innovations, Nokia is now excited to remain competitive in the data centre industry. Mike explains that this is done through making their innovation in this field very public to shift its company perception away from being‘ just’ a mobile handset company.
“ Once people experience what it’ s like to operate a Nokia data centre, it’ s really hard to go back,” he explains.“ We are also investing significantly into R & D and other supporting teams, which is driving partner interest. They see where we are headed, and they want to be a part of it.”
Despite having worked in the automation space for nearly 20 years, Mike is excited about the positive trajectory of Nokia’ s journey.
“ What Nokia has built here is more advanced than anything I’ ve touched before,” he says.“ And frankly, it isn’ t even that close.” datacentremagazine. com 103