DATA CENTRES
Nokia has been making strides in the data centre industry in recent months, as part of a push towards automation and connectivity solutions.
As telcos are increasingly adopting AI and other emerging technologies, Nokia has been looking to capture the data centre networking market specifically to focus on delivering networks for the AI era.
As the company finalised its acquisition of Infinera, we spoke with Vinai Sirkay, SVP and Deputy GM, IP Networks at Nokia and Manish Gulyani, Vice President and Head of Marketing for Network Infrastructure at Nokia. They shared how Nokia continues to address growing demands from enterprises that require data centre networks that can handle the need for greater interconnectivity.
“ From a network infrastructure perspective, the key thing we are showcasing is networks for the AI era,” Manish says.“ We want to talk about how AI is driving the demand for data centres, different kinds of workloads around inferencing and training and specifically what that means from a networking perspective.”
Nokia’ s networking pillars: Becoming cloud-native Nokia’ s networking strategy centres on three pillars: connectivity inside the data centre, between data centres and across data centres. With such a critical need for data centre interconnectivity, cloud-native solutions are becoming more attractive to operators.
138 June 2025