9 Oct 2024
Nokia and Furukawa Electric LatAm expand partnership in Brazil to reach data center market
Nokia and Furukawa Electric LatAm today announced they have expanded their partnership to immediately bring high-performance solutions in data center automation to Brazil. Partners since 2022, the two companies will also continue to offer advanced passive optical network technologies to the Latin American business market.
Furukawa will now offer Nokia’s Data Center Fabric solution, which includes high-performance data center switching platforms, running Nokia SR Linux, a uniquely open, extensible and resilient Network Operating System and managed by Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA), a modern data center network automation platform that combines speed with reliability and simplicity and provides guardrails that detect errors caused by automation.

“We are delighted to be able to extend our partnership with Nokia to offer the most advanced passive optical network technology available. The POL market is very hot in Latin America and we have a lot to achieve together in the region's data center market. Brazil is a promising market and exemplary in terms of investment volume and demand for automation solutions."