Nokia and Nscale partner to accelerate AI infrastructure build-out

Nokia and Nscale have partnered to accelerate the global build-out of AI-ready infrastructure, combining Nokia’s advanced networking portfolio with Nscale’s vertically integrated AI-native data center platform. This collaboration positions Nokia as a preferred networking partner for Nscale’s large-scale AI deployments while also strengthening Nscale’s growth through Nokia’s participation in its Series B investment round. Together, the companies aim to enable scalable, secure, and energy-efficient AI infrastructure worldwide.

The rapid global surge in AI adoption is driving unprecedented demand for scalable, secure, and high-performance data center infrastructure. AI workloads require advanced networking capabilities that can support massive data flows, low latency, and high energy efficiency across distributed data center environments. Meeting this demand at scale presents significant challenges in network performance, deployment speed, and long-term sustainability for AI infrastructure providers.

Nscale selected Nokia as a preferred partner for advanced networking technologies across its global AI-ready data center deployments. Nokia is providing solutions from its Network Infrastructure portfolio, including Data Center Switching, IP Routing, and Optical Networking. In parallel, Nokia joined Nscale’s Series B investment round, and both companies committed to jointly driving innovation in AI cluster networking stacks and collaborating on global deployment initiatives to accelerate time-to-market and performance optimization.

• Accelerated global deployment of AI-ready data center infrastructure.
• Preferred partnership for Nokia networking technologies across Nscale AI clusters.
• Enhanced scalability, security, and energy efficiency for AI workloads.
• Joint innovation in networking stacks optimized for large-scale AI clusters.
• Strengthened financial and strategic backing for Nscale through Series B investment participation.

By combining Nokia’s high-performance networking technologies with Nscale’s AI-native infrastructure platform, the partnership directly addresses the scalability and performance challenges of next-generation AI data centers. This collaboration sets a strong foundation for accelerating secure and energy-efficient AI infrastructure deployments worldwide, reinforcing both companies’ roles in shaping the future of AI-ready networks.