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The Nokia Data Center Fabric  supports hyper-scale computing with a cloud-native architecture that is intent-driven, open, extensible, and resilient. It is ideally suited to meet the evolving needs of the REN data center environment.

The Nokia Data Center Fabric is a scalable high-performance leaf-spine network comprised of both hardware platforms and a software network operating system (NOS).  The hardware includes the Nokia 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) that is a  fixed configuration for data center leaf/spine applications, and the modular Nokia 7250 IXR-6e/10e for data center spine and super-spine applications.

These hardware platforms run on Nokia SR Linux, a uniquely open, extensible, programmable and highly reliable Network Operating System (NOS) that simplifies automation and presents new levels of observability.  Fabric Services System complements and supports SR Linux providing operational life-cycle management of the data center fabric and intent-based automation with a Net Ops toolkit together with real-time streaming telemetry.   

Nokia’s Optical Data Center Interconnect solution delivers the network scalability, bandwidth capacity, performance and security that research and education networks need to meet the data intensive sharing of their research institutions and broadband needs of their community. 

The Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Interconnect-Modular (PSI-M) is a compact optical platform purpose-built to support data center interconnect across metro, regional and long-haul transport. In deploying their own private transport network, the R&E community can reduce OPEX costs, compared to leased line services, while retaining complete control of design and operations, enabling faster delivery of new services and applications.

Network security is embedded in Nokia networks at every layer. At the optical layer, we offer quantum-safe encryption through strong, symmetric key distribution, available today. We also support emerging quantum key distribution and post-quantum cryptographic algorithms through our highly evolutive encryption blueprints. For IP network security, our 7750 SR powered by FP5 chipsets provides DDoS protection and AnySec (MacSec, IPSec) encryption at line rate. At the network OS layer, our SR OS is battle-tested and hardened, tirelessly blocking attempts at manipulation and unauthorized access. The 7750 SR  supports highly granular queuing and partitioning of resources preventing volumetric control plane attacks. 

At the tools and application layer, the Nokia Security Gateway (based on the Nokia 7750 SR) provides highly scalable and resilient IPSec encryption. To provide advanced DDoS protection, the 7750 SR and Nokia Deepfield Defender use real-time analytics with intelligence to monitor, recognize and stop DDoS attacks.

Quantum computing has the potential to dramatically speed up research and innovation, but in the wrong hands can also pose a significant threat to the security of the research and education network and the extremely valuable scientific data that is transmitted across it.

While the threat of an imminent cyber security breach using a cryptographically relevant quantum-computer (CRQC) is at present low, the network is still vulnerable to disreputable actors or foreign nations, that can today store vast amounts of encrypted data until they have access to a CRQC and decrypt the data.   

The Nokia quantum-safe network (QSN)  has a defense-in-depth approach that delivers quantum-safe security at multiple layers through multi-layered cryptography. Nokia QSN can adapt to your specific requirements providing you  with the confidence to securely scale your quantum deployments in response to the quantum threat; and can evolve with the quantum landscape.

High-speed, high-performance and high capacity are requirements to connect the campus network research and education facilities together. Nokia Optical LAN solution delivers the GigE and 10GE speeds needed to deliver the capacity and performance needed while lowering CAPEX and OPEX through lower power consumption and footprint. It is a field-proven technology for in building and on campus networks providing multi-service wireless and wired connectivity enabling network convergence.  It delivers greater reach of up to 20 km with less network complexity with its passive distribution.  As bandwidth demands grow, the solution can easily scale to 25G PON downstream and 10G or 25G upstream.  

Nokia became the first telecoms vendor to have our Science Based Target (SBT) validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2017 and were among the first 100 companies to do so. In 2023, Nokia investigated how to accelerate its net zero commitment and needed related actions. Nokia has now accelerated both its net zero target for Scopes 1, 2 and 3 and its interim 2030 Scope 1 and 2 targets by announcing that:

• Nokia commits to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain (Scopes 1, 2 and 3) by 2040.
• This puts Nokia ahead of the Paris Agreement goal to reach net zero by 2050.  
• Nokia also aims to accelerate its existing interim 2030 target to reduce emissions across its own operations (Scopes 1 and 2), reaching an 83% reduction by 2030.

With our new announcement we therefore not only reiterate our prior commitment to reach a 50% reduction in our value chain by 2030 from a 2019 baseline, but we are also now accelerating our 2030 scope 1 and 2 targets to reach 83% by 2030 instead of 50%. We also look to reach net zero across all Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2040. 

Learn more about Nokia’s sustainability approach.