Nokia and Nscale partner to accelerate AI infrastructure build-out

Nscale is a UK-headquartered, globally operating, AI-native infrastructure platform that delivers GPU-based compute services at scale. The company designs and operates AI-ready data centers and provides vertically integrated compute, networking, managed software, and AI services. Its infrastructure is designed to support large-scale AI training and inferencing workloads across multiple industries.

Nscale’s data centers are purpose-built for AI and high-performance computing and are powered by renewable energy, including a flagship facility in Stavanger, Norway.

The rapid growth of AI-driven applications has led to a sharp increase in demand for GPU-intensive workloads that generate and consume massive volumes of data.

To support this demand, Nscale required:

• Low-latency, high-throughput networking capable of supporting large-scale GPU clusters
• Scalable and programmable network architecture to support both AI training and inferencing
• Ultra-reliable performance suitable for production-grade AI services
• A networking foundation that could be deployed consistently at scale across global data centers.

Nscale also needed a long-term networking partner to help accelerate the global build-out of AI infrastructure, while supporting innovation in how AI clusters are connected.

Nscale selected Nokia to deliver a high-performance IP networking architecture designed specifically to meet the demands of AI workloads.
At its renewable-energy-powered Stavanger data center, Nokia provided an Ethernet-based data center fabric engineered for GPU-intensive AI environments. The solution delivers

• Low-latency performance required for large GPU clusters
• Scalability and programmability to support evolving AI workloads
• Carrier-grade reliability for production AI services.

The network is built on Nokia’s 7220 IXR and 7750 SR platforms, which are designed with modern, open, and programmable architectures to support seamless automation, adaptability, and operational resilience.

Building on this deployment, Nokia became a preferred networking partner for Nscale’s AI-ready data center build-out globally. Through this partnership, Nokia provides networking technologies across its comprehensive portfolio, including data center switching, IP routing, and optical networking, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity within and across data centers, and between end users and AI applications.

The solution brings operational and architectural benefits:

• Enables AI training and inferencing on large-scale GPU clusters
• Provides high-throughput, low-latency networking essential for GPU-intensive workloads
• Supports fast, resilient AI service delivery across multiple industries
• Enables automation and adaptability through programmable network architecture

It also provides strategic outcomes

• Establishes a standardized networking foundation for global AI data center expansion
• Supports the build-out of secure, scalable, and energy-efficient AI infrastructure
• Strengthens Nscale’s ability to deliver GPU-as-a-Service at scale
• Positions networking as a critical enabler of large-scale AI cluster innovation